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Salesforce Doubles Down With $100M Fund for Education and Other 'Impact'...

Oct 10, 2020
For its second impact fund, Salesforce is doubling the size of its pockets to support start-up companies working to solve problems in education, workforce training and climate science, and to create economic opportunities for minority...
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Survivors and thrivers

Oct 9, 2020
Amid a pandemic implosion, these startups showcase the strength, diversity and adaptability of America's entrepreneurs - and provide hope for the country's economic future.
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Pandemic Got You Rethinking College? 6 Alternative Paths to Consider

Oct 2, 2020
Money and safety issues have many families asking themselves, Is traditional college worth it? For some people, the answer is no, says personal finance expert Eric Tyson.
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College Education for Free? Eat Your Heart Out, Bernie Sanders

Oct 1, 2020
Progressive icon Bernie Sanders famously called for "free" higher education. Not free for taxpayers, of course, but free for students. Daniel Pianko, co-founder of the University Ventures fund, thinks...
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Advancing Opportunities for Women through Apprenticeship

Sep 29, 2020
For 100 years, the Women's Bureau (WB) has fulfilled its mission to help women across the country have access to the resources to thrive in the workforce. When the WB was established in 1920...
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As Some US College Students Party, Others Report Them

Sep 25, 2020
Some college students in the United States are doing something that was once unheard of - reporting other students who attend parties.
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How Online Education Startup Outschool Raised $45 Million During The Pandemic

Sep 24, 2020
The pandemic has been good to Outschool CEO Amir Nathoo, 40. Today the cofounder of the five-year-old San Francisco-based online education provider announced that he had raised $45 million in a funding round led by Lightspeed...
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How the Common App, the College Advising Corps and an AI chatbot are saving...

Sep 23, 2020
Last spring, college adviser Anthony Scales took on some extra duties that put him on the front lines of an effort to rescue the college dreams of tens of thousands of students - an effort best described by a cliche: They're building it while flying it.
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Free Market Can Deliver Free College

Sep 23, 2020
Remember paying your broker $200 a trade? Higher education is at that stage today.
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As some U.S. college students party, others blow the whistle

Sep 22, 2020
Some U.S. college students are doing the once-improbable: blowing the whistle on classmates who break rules aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus.
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