This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Education Writers Association annual seminar culminated in suggestions for ways that higher education institutions can do more to focus and advance the social mobility of their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast Company reports on a troubling trend: Fewer college students are volunteering, despite their desire to do good. One factor is the lack of opportunities. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Obama’s Education Department took significant steps to protect students and taxpayers from fraud by for-profit colleges, which Betsey DeVos has walked back. • How can philanthropists…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Teachers are tapping into Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” to bring up issues of race and history. Taylor Swaak reveals how different teachers are taking the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Arielle Pierre shares the story of how she and her mother both went to prison and then to college with the help of Hudson Link. • Can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Teachers have been on strike throughout the US due to anger over low salaries and funding cuts for education. InsideSources analyzes these issues and what can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · A recent study reported by BBC News from the National Union of Students shows that two out of every five students are using drugs. · How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · BBC News reports that almost five times as many students are disclosing mental health issues to their schools as compared to ten years ago. · What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Celebrities are doing more than just entertaining the world, they’re helping to change it. MadameNoire reports on the philanthropic activities of well-known celebs like Oprah, Rihanna,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Getting Smart reviews Sarah-Jayne Blakemore’s book Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain, and assesses how the neurological insight contained therein can be used to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chrystina Russell and Nina Weaver of Southern New Hampshire University share their story of how the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition helped kick-start their Global Education Movement (GEM) which increases…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bendle Family Health Services provides free healthcare to students in the Bendle School District helping to improve their health outcomes. • How can philanthropy best scale free healthcare…