This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a high school senior, my classmates and I are excited to be preparing for the next stages of our lives. For some of us, that means college; others will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tropical Storm Nicholas made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in Texas early on Tuesday morning, bringing high winds and torrential rainfall to the state’s coastal communities. The storm has weakened into…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Digital wallets (think Apple Pay, Google Pay) have been making headlines with their ability to integrate new types of student IDs and payment cards. Higher ed institutions are adding mobile…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world’s nutrition crisis is worsening, according to the 2021 Report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) from the U.N Food and Agriculture Organization. Conflict, violence, and economic shocks,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After Superstorm Sandy hit New York in 2012, the city and state spent billions recovering from the storm and building new storm surge protections for its subway system. Seven years after the storm, a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Joe Biden’s orders requiring vaccinations for about two-thirds of the U.S. workforce add to a patchwork of vaccine mandates aimed at pushing more people to get their shots and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How can learning and evaluation help philanthropy address the challenges of our time? The Funder & Evaluator Affinity Network (FEAN) was hatched on a sunny afternoon at a beer garden on downtown…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part one in a three-part series. Read part two. In 2012, Pace Center for Girls, a multiservice nonprofit serving middle- and high-school-age girls with histories of trauma, faced a fork…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This summer, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced its intention to amend the 2016 update to the Equal Access Rule. This policy protects transgender and gender non-conforming…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Los Angeles used to have some of the worst air quality in not just the country, but the world. One smog event in 1943 was so thick and toxic that Californians worried…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For years leading up to the 2016 US Presidential election, I began to notice a growing sense of mistrust in many of our democratic institutions. Dinner table discussions, visits, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In recent years, new roles have begun to crop up in schools: advocates who support the social side of students’ lives. These emerging roles vary. But by and large they…