Inside HigherEd Examines New Book from Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date:
08/04/2015
... But why is this one demographic so successful in the U. S .? Authors Jennifer Lee, a professor of sociology at the ...
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Eva Moskowitz, Practiced de Blasio foe, Weighs a Mayoral Challenge
Release Date:
09/14/2015
... delivered a campaign-style speech to hundreds of the city 039 ; s wealthiest business leaders. "I realize Mayor de Blasio ... Institute donors clad in black tie. "For example, he...
JP Morgan Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy
Release Date:
01/19/2016
... 039 ;New Skills For Youth 039 ;; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’ s Economy We believe every young person deserves a pathway to economic success. That’ s why we’re...
Torres: Federal Section 8 initiative would cripple thousands of New York City families
Release Date:
08/22/2016
... rhyme of history can be heard in the federal government 039 ; s proposal for Small Area Fair Market Rents (FMRs), which, if ... New Yorkers in the poorest ZIP codes. The Big Apple 039 ;...
City Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans
Release Date:
10/07/2016
... companies that don 039 ;t provide traditional pensions, 401(k) s or access to individual retirement accounts. At least 1.5 million of these workers are in the nation’ s largest city,...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Welcomes Nicole Gueron to Board of Directors
Release Date:
10/17/2016
... General Andrew Cuomo, directing some of the office’ s largest investigations as a member of the Attorney General’ s Executive Staff. She has also served as an Assistant United ... the Board of Directors of the...
Newman's Own Names Walter Harrison to Advisory Board
Release Date:
11/02/2016
Newman 039 ; s Own Names Walter Harrison to Advisory Board Newman 039 ; s Own today announced that Walter Harrison has been appointed to the Newman 039 ;...
Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator's BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature
Release Date:
02/17/2017
Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator 039 ; s BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature ... privilege... Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator 039 ; s BEAM...
The Army Infantry’s First Women
Release Date:
05/26/2017
The Army Infantry’ s First Women The Army has sought to play down the ... the steamy woods from those of earlier generations. That’ s just how the Army wants it. After the Obama ... to help the first women...
Verizon Foundation: Innovative Learning Program Addresses Lack of Women in STEM Careers
Release Date:
07/24/2017
... low. Men make up 80 percent of the tech industry’ s global workforce. Facebook’ s workforce is only made up of 27 percent women, while ... the need for more women in STEM careers by reaching middle- ...
Opinion: ‘Fair Share’ Reform – An Essential Step to Solving the City’s Homelessness Crisis
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... Reform – An Essential Step to Solving the City’ s Homelessness Crisis Repairing the subways, closing Rikers, ... rescuing failing schools – it can seem like New York’ s most insurmountable crises are always...
Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... in the woods of New Hampshire, and of the Skowhegan School , in Maine. There’ s the Rome Prize fellowship, at the city’ s American Academy, and Donald Judd’ s Chinati...
Experts Analyze Mayor De Blasio's Jobs Plan
Release Date:
09/21/2017
Experts Analyze Mayor De Blasio 039 ; s Jobs Plan An expert panel convened at The New School on Wednesday by the Center for An Urban Future delved into Mayor Bill de Blasio’ s...
The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy There’ s been no shortage of news stories over the last several ... read. It featured a study, conducted by the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor...
Opinion: New York City’s Runaway Homeless Youth Deserve Better Services
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Opinion: New York City’ s Runaway Homeless Youth Deserve Better Services For most young people, turning 21 is ceremonious. It 039 ; s a rite of passage into adulthood celebrated with spirits...
Obesity Was Rising as Ghana Embraced Fast Food. Then Came KFC.
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... Embraced Fast Food. Then Came KFC. After finishing high school a decade ago, Daniel Awaitey enrolled in computer ...
Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Three long-standing presidential commissions designed to expand educational opportunities for non-white students are set to expire Saturday and members say months of silence from the White House has them worried they’re about to be dissolved.
Growing Fab Lab Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... 10 labs where they can serve a diverse population of school -age children, rural communities that otherwise ...
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Gives Stem Programs Over $5 Million
Release Date:
09/13/2018
... foundation announced $5.5 million in grants to 17 after- school and summer programs teaching science, technology, ...
Jamie Merisotis Becomes Council on Foundations' Board Chair
Release Date:
05/14/2019
... 2018, and began his term as Board Chair at the Council’ s Leading Together 2019 conference. He succeeds Javier Soto, ... around the country and across the globe. In today’ s environment, where society is more...