Partnerships between higher education institutions and employers can be difficult to create, often because of misalignment between the cultures, structures and values of the two groups, according to a July report from…
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Universities can turn one of our world’s most unconscionable injustices—unequal access to quality education—into one of the greatest hopes for our future. Universities must address the education divide not only…
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Click here for more.The Hewlett Foundation believes that the climate crisis is one of the most pressing issues of our lifetime and impacts everything we do — it’s why we have dedicated over…
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Several recent announcements have demonstrated how little has been learned from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the potential need for a national reckoning to assess shortfalls and develop recommendations for…
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A new guide for clinicians, researchers, and mental health practitioners describes an evidence-based suicide prevention program. For every person who died by suicide in 2020, 25 more made an attempt,…
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People in prison get “three hots and a cot,” right? So, what do they need money for? A lot, it turns out. Prisons typically provide the bare minimum when it…
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As families in the United States grapple with rising prices and ongoing supply shortages, fiscal and monetary policymakers are shifting their focus from the COVID-19 recession and recovery to the…
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Click here for more.Collected through FOMR data, surveys, and interviews with members, this report centers on the relevance of racial equity to our members’ mission, as well as their board and staff demographics.…
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The criminalization of abortion in some states after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision poses especially harmful health and economic consequences for pregnant women from vulnerable populations, including Black, Latinx, or Indigenous people and those…
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Bordered by a freeway and flanked by former industrial sites, the coastal community of Rosemont in Charleston, South Carolina, is home to generations of Black families. But as climate change raises sea…
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Click here for more.Having a stable, safe, and affordable place to call home impacts our ability to be healthy. But because America’s foundational housing policies and systems intentionally excluded Black, Indigenous, and other…
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Community colleges traditionally have been commuter campuses. Fewer than one-third of the nation’s two-year schools have on-campus housing. But on Aug. 12, 258 students at Kansas City Kansas Community College in Wyandotte County will…