Economic Development
Personal Attention Reduces Poverty
Circles, a national program for helping families get out of poverty, taps an underused resource: middle-class support groups.
Tag: Mentorship
Education
Toward Entrepreneurial Universities for the 21st Century
What are public research institutions doing—or what should they do—to fulfill their compact with the citizens of their states?
Human Rights
Diversity Opportunities
New research finds that some companies are increasingly pro-diversity and others lag well behind.
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Enterprise and Job Creation in Uganda and Nigeria
Opportunity Collaboration is a four-day convening in Mexico focused on global poverty alleviation.
Education
Opening Up Pathways to Secondary Education
We need to put secondary education on the global policy agenda. We also must create pathways to quality and relevant secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Education
Mentoring India’s Youth
The Indian higher education system centers on one test. Avanti Fellows seeks to make the system more accessible to talented but underprivileged students.
Socially Responsible Business
A Bigger Pie
Mission Pie, a for-profit bakery and café, supports local farmers while training at-risk kids.
Social Entrepreneurship
Unreasonable and Ready
A new social enterprise incubator fills two critical gaps facing social entrepreneurs: mentoring and access to capital.
Nonprofit Management
Danny Lopez: A Profile in Third Sector Grit
Engaging with and empowering students to live above the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Nonprofit Management
No More Master’s Degrees and Reverse Mentoring
Rethinking leadership—a few sources of advice.