This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kimberly Hayes Taylor explains how billions of dollars in educations funds in Michigan intended for K-12 programs were diverted to colleges. • How can this kind of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • KIPP charter school network created partnerships with 90 universities so that the school can track students from KIPP through college and offer supportive services to help them…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cody Christensen and Frederick M. Hess argue that performance-based funding to incentivize higher college graduation rates may do more harm than good. • How can funders help to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • NYU is offering free tuition to medical students in hopes of filling lower-paid medical paths that are currently understaffed, including primary care. • Is this the right…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This audio documentary from APM Reports explores the state of higher education in America, and how it’s worsening class divides, giving low-income kids fewer options at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass is teaming up with SolutionsU, a platform that connects you to stories about responses to the world’s challenges. SolutionsU is a project of the Solutions Journalism Network: a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jessica knows a thing or two about being brave. Finding herself a single mom after leaving an unhealthy marriage, Jessica quickly discovered the overwhelming challenge of balancing motherhood, and working…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author discusses the education reform policy on dual enrollment which allows high schoolers to enroll in college courses and receive credit before attending a university. However, critics say…
Giving Compass’ Take: • At the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, micro-grants are helping college students complete degree programs by loaning money for tuition, room and board, and other expenses. • At UNC…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · A number of different colleges and universities around the country have began to integrate technology into the daily lives of faculty and students. Here, Education Dive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Using data from the most recent Census, Governing Magazine provides a few regions where individuals with no college degree have a better chance at finding employment. · Why do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · First-generation students are four times more likely to drop out of school, but this app is about to level the playing field. Forbes talks with Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca, creator…