This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Houston in 2017, the category 4 storm destroyed thousands of houses and left much of the city underwater. At the time, officials at Western Governors University, an online college…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the initial days of the pandemic, I—like many of you, I’m sure—imagined that I’d have so much more time to create. As a writer, I envisioned using what would…
RAND senior policy researcher Lori Uscher-Pines presents the pros and cons of telehealth. Advantages include improved access to care in communities lacking health providers, appointment flexibility for those with work or caregiving…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Human errors at a manufacturing plant forced Johnson & Johnson to throw out 15 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine – enough to vaccinate 7% of the U.S. adult population.…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Wellcome Trust offers key recommendations for increasing vaccine uptake around the world. • In what ways might “vaccine hesitancy” be misunderstood? Why are local partnerships an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New research finds that, when schools practice mandatory masking, social distancing, and frequent hand-washing, COVID-19 transmission is rare. The pilot study in Missouri shows that’s the case even with close…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States’ vaccination campaign has administered more than 143 million doses, with 15.5% of the total US population considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But the campaign has failed to reach some of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Assisted living communities can improve the quality of life for people with dementia when they treat them as individuals and try to include everyone in activities, according to a new…
Few would question the importance of diversifying America’s teacher corps and ensuring their makeup more closely resembles that of the students they teach. But how? What are the most successful…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we move into a crucial decade of action on achieving serious progress on sustainability, many are hoping the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic recession will serve to reset our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropic best practices in arts and culture remain underexplored relative to other sectors of private funding. If funders are looking for best practices, it’s easy to become lost amidst varying…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just over two weeks before she died of complications from COVID-19 in December 2020, Dr. Susan G. Moore recorded a smartphone video from her bed in an Indiana hospital. In…