Education
The Persistence of Black College Students
Black students attend college at greater rates than expected, given their socioeconomic disadvantages, and thereby attain more degrees than expected.
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Nonprofits & NGOs
The Future of Transnational NGO Advocacy
Three perspectives on the future of transnational advocacy, and how organizations can adapt to the challenges of 21st-century campaigning.
Cities
Communities Need Neighborhood Trusts
The current approach to community revitalization has helped arrest and even reverse the degradation of American neighborhoods. But it cannot solve the problem without local ownership and control of assets and the decommodification of property.
Human Rights
How to Give Adolescent Girls Voice, Choice, and Control
A framework for programs focused on empowering adolescent girls.
Cities
Strong Social Networks are Key to Turning Around Communities
What is the difference between communities that are able to recover from disinvestment and those that cannot? The answer, according to recent research from MDRC, are the presence of strong social networks.
Business
The Next Phase of Business Sustainability
The era of corporations integrating sustainable practices is being surpassed by a new age of corporations actively transforming the market to make it more sustainable. Open access to this article is made possible by The Regents of the University of Michigan on behalf of the Erb Institute.
Education
Teaching to the Life Test
The ability of teachers to improve students’ non-cognitive abilities may have greater importance than test scores.
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Arts & Culture
Happy Accidents: The Transformative Power of ‘Yes, And’ at Work and in Life
What an improv comedy troupe's experience weathering the financial crisis can teach other organizations about resilience.
Education
From Prison Back to School
Boston Uncornered gives gang-involved individuals a stipend and social support to attend college.
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Fighting Social Exclusion, One Encounter at a Time
Exeko seeks to better understand social, cultural, and intellectual exclusion and work to eliminate it.