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JPMorgan CEO's $100 Million Plan to Turn Detroit Around

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02/18/2015

... CEO Jamie Dimon was inspired to invest in the struggling city of Detroit after visiting his daughter in the West ... the crumbling infrastructure in of America's Motor City . With the money his company is...

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Bloomberg Launches Worldwide Urban Public Health Initiative

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05/18/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies will launch the Partnership for Healthy Cities to focus on fighting noncommunicable diseases - including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and respiratory diseases - and injuries.

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Doris Duke Foundation Announces "Racial Equity in Clinical Equations"

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06/27/2023

... Launches with Landmark Convening and Over $10 Million in New Grants Largest Commitment Ever to Examine the Misuse of Race in Medical Research Informing Patient Care New York – June 27, 2023...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Puerto Rico Youth Fellows

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01/13/2021

... am proud of the opportunity to accompany and work with the new cohort of the Youth fellows,” said Loidymar Duprey, ... develop Amarilla, a workshop and community garden offering resources for a more dignified...

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Brooklyn Principal wins Sloan Public Service Award and $10,000 Prize

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06/04/2014

[Alfred P. Sloan Foundation] April Leong, principal of Brooklyn's Liberation High School, will be honored at the 41st annual Sloan Public Service Awards for her efforts in improving the lives of older students.

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism

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03/06/2015

... and AmeriCorps members can make a significant impact on student reading proficiency and are a low cost option for ...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Sloan, Skoll Foundations & Carnegie Support PBS NewsHour Exploratiopn of Future of Higher Education

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08/23/2017

... Public Media and Inside Higher Ed. To dig into the student debt crisis, PBS NewsHour will host a Twitter chat on ...

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What Major Universities Had to Say About Trump’s Move to Roll Back DACA

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09/07/2017

Major colleges and higher-ed systems and associations issued a cascade of critical statements — a wave of condemnation reminiscent of higher ed's response to President Trump's travel ban.

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A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent

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09/07/2017

On Wednesday, the U.S. Education Department confirmed that the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, would appear at George Mason University on Thursday to make a "major policy address on Title IX enforcement."

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William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education

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10/26/2017

Adam Gamoran spoke about the indecision about best practices for providing adequate educational opportunities for English language learners.

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Close the Divide Between Education and Work

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01/21/2016

... forward to my current role. Through JPMorgan Chase’s New Skills at Work initiative, a $250 million commitment to addressing the skills gap, I was exposed to a whole new way of thinking about career readiness...