This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Coffee chain Starbucks opened its first signing store in the United States for the deaf community in Washington, D.C. • Will more global chains follow suit? What are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • To foster learning in STEM subjects, Education Dive explains how one teacher from Austin, Texas, used an indoor wind tunnel to engage her students’ curiosity in activities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings explores how artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies will affect the future of work, and how education institutions can best prepare students for these changes.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • India Development Review examines the challenges of the informal workforce in India, why it’s so difficult to address this sector’s needs, and how entrepreneurship could offer a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Authors writing for FSG discuss five common challenges that companies can bridge through partnerships with NGOs and nonprofits to strengthen efforts aimed at advancing gender equity. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In 2017, a report found that working mothers with degrees were struggling to find jobs that could accommodate their schedules and give them flexible work hours. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The documentary, “Care” by director Deirdre Fishel and producer Tony Heriza, follows the lives of four caretakers who shed light on the challenges and hardships for caregivers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Many people are treating Amazon’s move as a call to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 — double the current $7.25 level. Although there is research…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The Atlantic profiles Berea College, a small school in Kentucky that has paid for every enrollment using its endowment for the past 126 years. And every…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Despite the banning of sex discrimination laws, there is still an alarming absence of women in vocational professions. • Getting women in nontraditional certification programs for vocational occupations could…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • FHI 360 highlights various programs around the world that focus on youth development, providing resources, training and opportunities for future economic success. • What can we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pavithra Mohan reports that female breadwinners are becoming more common, but are still not seen as normal. She reveals how couples cope with the awkwardness created by the…