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    These Self-Employed Jobs Face Highest Risk of AI Takeover

    Futurity Sep 30, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Experts say that self-employed people who work in some of the most popular—but lowest paid—occupations have the greatest risk of losing their job to artificial intelligence.…

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    Colleges Are No Match for American Poverty

    The Atlantic

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Russell Lowery-Hart, president of Amarillo College in Texas, discusses the challenges many students face including poverty and homelessness and how colleges can provide for these students. ·…

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    How Colleges Can Improve Students’ Social Mobility

    Education Dive Sep 30, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • John Broderick shares how Old Dominion University has successfully worked to improve students’ social mobility.  • How can funders help to spread best practices for increasing social mobility? …

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    Texas’ Potential for Clean Energy Solutions

    The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation Sep 30, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Drew Nelson argues that with bipartisan legislation, Texas can reduce carbon emissions while maintaining its status as the global energy hub. • How can funders work…

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    The Benefits of Increasing Access to Same-day, Long-lasting Birth Control

    Futurity Sep 30, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Katie Duffey reports that researchers found that providing teens access to same-day access to long-acting birth control saved more than $2000 in medical costs.  • How can funders…

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    Foundations Should Increase DEI Training in Operations

    Peak Grantmaking Sep 29, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Chantal Forster and Satonya Fair discuss how the lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion training for operations staff can negatively impact a foundation. • How can…

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    Co-ops Scale Up with Help from Accelerators and Incubators

    Shareable Sep 29, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Liz Enochs explores the growing sector of cooperatively-owned businesses as they scale up using accelerators and incubators to foster impactful innovation. • How can donors support entrepreneurs…

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    Investing in Native Communities

    Native Americans in Philanthropy | Candid Sep 29, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This report by Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP) and Candid provides insight into philanthropic funding trends for Native American communities and explains how funding can be…

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    How Family Capital Over Generations is Transforming Giving

    Family Capital Sep 29, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A recent survey called Social Impact in Hundred-Year Family Businesses, examines family capital over several generations and discusses new trends and focus on pursuing family philanthropy. • One…

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    The Rise of Brand Advocacy and the Business of Philanthropy

    Forbes Sep 28, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Billee Howard interviews Alexis Glick about the rise of brand advocacy and the growing relationship between business and philanthropy. • How can you as a donor lend your…

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    Texas Policy Didn’t Increase Diversity at Top Universities

    The Hechinger Report Sep 28, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Jill Barshay discusses the failure of the Texas 10% policy to increase diversity at flagship universities and the barriers to entry for underrepresented groups. • Barshay points…

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    Addressing Racial Bias in the Judicial System

    The Marshall Project Sep 28, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Jack Brook explores the North Carolina Supreme Court hearings concerning racial biases, raising concerns of systematic bias. • How can racial bias be addressed in the…

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