Carnegie Corporation of New York Names 32 Winners of Andrew Carnegie Fellowships
Release Date:
04/23/2019
The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program marked its fifth year with the announcement of the 2019 class of fellows, comprised of 32 scholars.
Education
New York Life Foundation Invests in Expanding Access to Summer and Afterschool Learning
Release Date:
04/23/2019
BellXcel, a national education nonprofit, today announced a $3 million, three-year grant from the New York Life Foundation that will help the organization to expand access to evidence-based summer and afterschool learning for 12,000 at-risk middle-...
Guardian's 6th Annual Workplace Benefits Study Finds Student Loan Debt Growth Fastest Among Boomers
Release Date:
04/17/2019
According to a new white paper from The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America(R) (Guardian), baby boomers are increasingly feeling the strain of student loan debt — and it’s having a major impact on their overall well-being.
First-of-its-kind Study From the Century Foundation: How Well Does Your State Support Integration in Charter Schools?
Release Date:
04/04/2019
With the enrollment flexibility and design choices available to them, charter schools have the potential to help reverse trends of school segregation—or to further isolate students by race and class.
Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Finds Bonding Exercises Cut Discipline Disparity for Students of Color
Release Date:
04/04/2019
Exercises that address middle school students’ worries about belonging can help black and Latino boys develop better relationships with teachers, according to new research.
JPMorgan Chase Gives $350M to Workforce Training, Community Colleges
Release Date:
03/19/2019
Eyes are on community colleges to provide the training panacea for the current skills gap as well as affordable ways for people to refresh or add to their skill sets throughout their lives.
If Elite Colleges Want to Address the College Admissions Bribery Scandal — Accept More Low- and Middle-Income Strivers
Release Date:
03/18/2019
The admission scandal is a stain on the reputation of our top universities. If these institutions want to change their admission policies, they should double down on their outreach to Strivers. I am referring to America’s Strivers — the talented and...
University of Pennsylvania Receives $6 Million Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gift to Launch Paideia Program
Release Date:
03/15/2019
The University of Pennsylvania announced on March 14 a $6 million gift to launch the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program (Paideia) for its undergraduate students. The Program will reimagine the ancient Greek ideal Paideia – which translates...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Partners with EdVestors to Bring Arts Internship Program to Boston High School Students
Release Date:
03/13/2019
EdVestors , a school improvement nonprofit in Boston, today announced a new partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies to bring the Bloomberg Arts Internship program to Boston. Twenty-five rising high school seniors will have paid internships this...
Sloan Foundation Awards Fellowships to Four Georgia Tech, Emory Faculty
Release Date:
03/12/2019
Four faculty members, including two from the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering operated jointly by Georgia Tech and Emory University, have been awarded research fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowships,...
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