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Warnings of an “Unparalleled” Assault on Higher Education

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Thiago Matos on pexels.com A new preliminary report by the American Association of University Professors is sounding alarms over a slew of legislative and political maneuvers by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature. Last year, Gov. The report highlights four key findings: 1.

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Why Common Core Will Fail

Ken Goldstein

I''ve been thinking about this for a while, but it was brought to the fore for me last week when I attended Social Innovation Summit 2013 at Stanford University. The problem wasn''t that she or her students didn''t have access to uniform, national curriculum standards. The middle-class was the lowest rung we were expected to shoot for.

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Doing More About Less: A Targeted Approach to Workforce Readiness

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Large class sizes, inadequate teaching and learning materials, and insufficient teacher training all present roadblocks to innovation. In addition, university enrollment doubled among all students and increased by 167 percent among young women. Educational reforms often end with curriculum change, but we kept going.

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Tackling Eco-Anxiety Through Experiential Education

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A university program I led over the past academic year offers some promising insights into supporting students through a combination of career preparation, community connection, and personal empowerment. The inaugural cohort included 15 students, representing 11 different majors and five different schools and colleges within the university.

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Making History Known: Biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin on The Power of Story

Fundraising Leadership

#womenlead ” At a time when learning about history is under siege with banned books and the elimination of some history curriculum in K-12 classrooms as well as undergraduate curriculum, the urgency of knowing the truth of history is prevalent. Partly, history is about helping us understand ourselves and the world around us.

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How Investors Can Shape AI for the Benefit of Workers

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Currently, about half of teachers’ time is spent not with students but on grading, lesson planning, and curriculum development, as well as other administrative tasks. Some of these tasks could be areas where generative AI technology like Brisk Teaching could serve as a useful copilot for overburdened employees.

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GUEST POST: A Great Idea… Connecting With Donors Through Photo Books

iMarketSmart

Previously, she spent 19 years in the development office at The University of Alabama at Birmingham overseeing a comprehensive program for gift acknowledgement, recognition, and reporting. The college’s curriculum is based on close faculty-student interaction in teaching, advising, and research.