Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow
Release Date:
10/07/2015
Michelle Alexander is a civil rights lawyer and legal scholar.
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The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times
Release Date:
10/13/2015
... that have been accused of predatory behavior, substandard practices or illegal activity by its own officials or state ...
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Legal Series - Self-Dealing (Family Foundations & Family Offices)
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 -
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... 17 – Making Grants to Individuals March 24 – Best Practices in International Grantmaking April 13 – ... please log in and click the Register Now link above. ( no fee) Guests of Organizers/Co-Sponsors: Please...
Hartford Foundation-Supported Survey Finds Most Doctors Ill-Equipped to Give End-of-Life Care
Release Date:
04/15/2016
Terry Fulmer, president of the John A. Hartford Foundation, one of three foundations that commissioned the survey, said advanced care planning “is not just an extra . . . it’s just as important in its own way as chemotherapy or surgery.”
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments On Colleges Still Giving Preference to Legacy Students
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Legacy preference is the practice of providing qualifying students who have some sort of family connection to the school with an advantage in the college admissions process.
Carnegie, Helmsley Release Study On Building a Successful Transfer Program
Release Date:
05/17/2016
... Program A new 60-page guidebook on effective transfer practices is geared to help two- and four-year institutions ...
Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students
Release Date:
06/02/2016
A new report from the Century Foundation examines how to improve outcomes for students who begin college needing remediation.
Research Travel Grant on Offer: David Clarke Social Innovation Fellowships
Release Date:
07/13/2016
Non-profit CEOs are invited to apply for a $US20,000 grant to visit and research best practice social innovation internationally.
Ford, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, FB Heron Named to 2016 Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50
Release Date:
08/01/2016
... is changing and the evolution is speeding up. There is no doubt that the charitable sector will look very different ...
2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Finalists Announced
Release Date:
10/07/2016
... that identifies excellent and replicable management practices among nonprofits in the five boroughs, Long Island ...
Covenant Foundation Funds Expansion of Shinui, the Network for Innovation in Part-Time Jewish Education
Release Date:
11/08/2016
The expansion coincides with Shinui’s new partnership with The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education at The Jewish Theological Seminary, designed to document successful change and innovation strategies through reflection and research...
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Shares New Report on Data-Driven Strategies to Improve Outcomes For Youth
Release Date:
12/16/2016
... serving disadvantaged youth into data-driven insights and practices that amplify their impact on young people’s ...
Opinion from NY Community Trust: How Arts And Culture Make New York A Place For All Of Us
Release Date:
06/21/2017
... result of centuries of migrations, policies, protests, and practices of people that value culture, heritage, and ...
Editorial: Falls Water Board Must Get A Handle On Its Procedures And Discharges
Release Date:
09/06/2017
“Misunderstandings” like this should never happen. Managers of large and complex operations put systems in place to promote efficiency and prevent accidents such as occurred in Niagara Falls a little over a month ago.
Xanax Or Zoloft For Moms-To-Be: A New Study Assesses Safety
Release Date:
09/19/2017
Studies completed decades ago suggested a risk of birth defects from these drugs, but data from more recent studies have shown no clear evidence of an increase. There are remaining questions, researchers say, about whether prenatal exposure to the...
Supreme Court Weighs Immigrants’ Rights to Have Detention Reviewed
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Amid a nationwide surge in immigration arrests spearheaded by the Trump administration, the Supreme Court weighed on Tuesday whether immigrants facing deportation are entitled to have their detentions, which can stretch for years, reviewed by a...
SUNY Revises Controversial Proposal to Let Some New York Charter Schools Certify Their Own Teachers
Release Date:
10/10/2017
A state group that oversees some New York charter schools has revised a hotly contested proposal to let its schools certify their own teachers ahead of Wednesday’s vote, according to an updated proposal.
Century Foundation Study Reveals that Most Student Loan Fraud Claims Involve For-Profits
Release Date:
11/09/2017
The study by The Century Foundation represents the most thorough analysis to date of the nearly 100,000 loan forgiveness claims known as borrower defense received by the agency over the past two decades and paints an alarming picture of the state of...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Program to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates for All Students
Release Date:
04/27/2018
... of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop pedagogical practices and programs that will support all Wabash students, ...
William T. Grant Foundation Focuses on Inequality Research
Release Date:
05/04/2018
... interested in research on programs, policies, and practices with the potential to reduce inequality in ...