This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hallie Busta reports that the University of Michigan targeted high-achieving, low-income students with information about financial aid to boost their enrollment. • How can states better inform students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Howard Rolston and Jon Baron discuss the promising results of TOPP, a program designed to reduce repeat pregnancies in young mothers. • How can funders work to identify improvements…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Several studies have researched the effects of alcohol and longevity. By also examining factors such as disease, socioeconomic status, exercise and economy, the question on how to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Unfortunately, women are still underrepresented in leadership roles according to a report by McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.org titled “Women in the Workplace 2018”. Here, four women CEOs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The NYC Behavioral Design Center (BDC) provides nonprofit organizations with solutions to common problems they may face utilizing a behavioral lens. • The BDC offers workshops to help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rubicon Bakery hires its employees whether they have criminal records or not, and ensures that they are getting the support and extra services that they need. • Why…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers from JAMA Network Open report that family meals and eating together lead to better health benefits for kids and parents despite any emotional strife between them.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Education Dive post explores ways that schools are using school resource or security officers equipped with social-emotional learning (SEL) skills to address behavioral problems. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast Company reports on companies building off-site and trucking fully constructed apartments in from the suburbs to help offset rising construction costs. • Will this really help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings, American Enterprise Institute, and Opportunity America came together to create policy recommendations for restoring opportunity for the working class. • How can funders help to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Max Roser and Esteban Ortiz-Ospina share data that shows that the global gender gap in education is shrinking and indications are that it will continue to decrease. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For those of us who live in the San Francisco Bay Area and consider ourselves progressive, it is past time to come to terms with our inconvenient truth: We have…