This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Facebook will partner with 20 community colleges come the end of 2018 in order to provide education opportunities and skills in digital-literacy for small-business leaders. According…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • EdSurge reports on massive online open courses and artificial intelligence pioneer Andrew Ng, who teaches one of the most popular ones. • Nonprofits involved in higher ed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The number of working teen students has dropped drastically since 1991. Writing for InsideSources, John Fry, president of Drexel University, provides a new approach to prepare…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Michael Bloomberg has pledged to donate $375 million to education initiatives in the U.S. over the next five years in order to help prepare students for college…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · American Enterprise Institute discusses the future of technology and how the American workforce can take advantage of AI through technical learning programs and new skills. · Why…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · DACA student have faced many hurdles recently, but are continuing to strive forward. The Hechinger Report discusses big challenges these students face in regards to financing their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Silicon Valley schools are working to increase opportunities for low-income students through school programs preparing them for college and high-tech jobs. The Hechinger Report discusses some…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · A student in the UK has dropped out of school after seeing that her studies would go over 21 hours a week—the limit set by the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Here’s what we’ve been reading: Elevating College Completion Via Third Way: “We’ve reached a fever pitch in the press when it comes to issues of college affordability. But there’s another…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · For-profit colleges are gaining at the expense of veterans and vulnerable students. As The Hechinger Report states, predatory colleges are conning vulnerable people into attending their schools…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Meredith Kolodner shares how Grand Rapids Community College is making laptops available to students for free to help those who can’t afford their own computer complete their coursework. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • MissionU offered a one-year alternative college to students with a unique tuition payment plan. However, after WeWork acquired MissionU, the founder became the new CEO of WeGrow– WeWork’s alternative k-12…