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The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

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Guardian's 6th Annual Workplace Benefits Study Finds Student Loan Debt Growth Fastest Among Boomers

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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.

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First-of-its-kind Study From the Century Foundation: How Well Does Your State Support Integration in Charter Schools?

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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.

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Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Finds Bonding Exercises Cut Discipline Disparity for Students of Color

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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.

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William T. Grant Foundation

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JPMorgan Chase Gives $350M to Workforce Training, Community Colleges

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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.

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Economic Security

Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

If Elite Colleges Want to Address the College Admissions Bribery Scandal — Accept More Low- and Middle-Income Strivers

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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...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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University of Pennsylvania Receives $6 Million Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gift to Launch Paideia Program

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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...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Partners with EdVestors to Bring Arts Internship Program to Boston High School Students

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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...

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Arts

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Sloan Foundation Awards Fellowships to Four Georgia Tech, Emory Faculty

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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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