sgEngage

DECEMBER 21, 2022

As undergraduate enrollment continues to decline— one million fewer students enrolled in 2022 than in 2020 —colleges and universities must consider new ways to attract and retain students. Create Cross-Functional Workflow When a campus works cross-functionally, scholarships become more accessible and easier to award.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

This week, Benetech’s DIAGRAM Center has announced the release of an open source web application for creating and editing crowdsourced image descriptions in books used by students with print disabilities. DIAGRAM stands for Digital Image and Graphics Resources for Accessible Materials.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 24, 2022

Since 2004, CCF has been working with the most impoverished communities to ensure these marginalized children get access to education. The opportunities the students have through access to the latest technologies and an enhanced teacher training program are a world away from their former prospects. Hong Kong, and Australia.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

When we started working with Vera in 2017 to expand access to postsecondary education in prison, we worked out a five-year timeline. This policy victory means that, once fully implemented, approximately 450,000 incarcerated students will have the opportunity to access life-changing postsecondary educational programs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

HuffPo recently published my first post, Disabled Students Need Accessible Books. It's great to be able to bring this kind of attention to our work at Bookshare helping students with print disabilities.

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2024

The ongoing FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) delays have left students with less time to compare financial aid offers and make a college decision than in a typical year. Despite the turbulence experienced with the (not really better) Better FAFSA, the goal should be to avoid deterring college access.

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Volunteer Hub

APRIL 30, 2021

The Students Association of MacEwan University (SAMU) switched from another volunteer management solution to VolunteerHub in order to leverage VolunteerHub’s reward and recognition, user groups, and kiosk features. Per its mission , SAMU exists to enrich the student experience. VolunteerHub is a Great Investment for SAMU.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Not all leaders think that way, but organizations that value equity of access must consider the plights of those who might be systematically excluded from engagement efforts. Although we did not start with a particular emphasis on equity and access, this theme came up regularly in our conversations with the field.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 29, 2010

I talk a lot about how technology can help create tremendous educational opportunities for students with print disabilities. Steffon Middleton and Jessica Pinto have both mastered the art of searching and downloading Bookshare’s accessible texts. Because the Bookshare collection is free to qualified U.S.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid—commonly known as FAFSA®—is the form current and prospective college and career school students must fill out each year to qualify for federal financial aid, whether that be in the form of grants, loans, or work-study funds. The Federal Student Aid (FSA) office in the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. To bring the power of books to everybody on this planet, we must make books truly accessible. Third, the print book is not universally accessible.

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Media Cause

MAY 20, 2021

In 1968, the International Symbol of Access was created by a Danish design student. The symbol was created as a way to raise awareness around accessibility, and help people living with disabilities better navigate their surroundings. The post Accessibility and the Harm of Simple Symbols appeared first on Media Cause.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

France mentioned some cool education technology that had been developed at Purdue, called Signals - Stoplights for student success. Signals blends two key ideas: The patterns of student failure can be spotted early: much earlier than existing systems relying on failing midterms! And, get these signals to both students and faculty.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 5, 2010

The FCC just did a series of four blog posts asking for feedback on their new accessibility plans. Comments on the FCC's Accessibility Plans (June 2010) My main recommendation to the FCC is to be more ambitious about accessibility. Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2020

While most institutions have been able to successfully transition students to online learning, admission leaders are still adjusting their strategies to promote new student growth and sustain retention despite the changing times. For adult students, ask about work adjustments and family experiences. Show student work.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Scholarship programs are critical tools for students to propel themselves forward and for schools to court and steward donors. Yet, institutions often struggle to get enough qualified students to apply for available scholarships. The right student is hard to find.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2024

The motivating factors that prompt students to enroll in a community college are as varied and diverse as their academic and socio-economic backgrounds. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics , only thirteen percent of all community college students complete by earning a degree or credential in two years.

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

The ongoing conversation about student debt and the value of a college credential exacerbates the issue for higher education institutions. do not feel their education was worth the cost, colleges and universities have to work harder and smarter to recruit, enroll, and retain students.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Your school has a wealth of vital information—enrollment applications, student records, financial records, donor and alumni records—and stakeholders with different requirements and abilities. Is it possible to have one record for each constituent at a school? The short answer is no, not if you want to use your data in meaningful ways.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 5, 2009

We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Most of this community doesn’t have access to formal education, most of this community doesn’t have access to jobs and most of this community isn’t recognized by larger society as equals.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 17, 2008

This is an academic conference on access technology, full of researchers trying out new things that will help people with disabilities. My first day was hanging out at the Young Researchers seminar, which was organized by Professors Paul Blenkhorn (the UK's first professor of access tech) and the ICCHP host Klaus Miesenberger.

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sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

You just signed a multi-year contract for a new student information and learning management system (SIS/LMS) that does everything you want it to do. Back to that summer of 2020, I had a calendar script running that populated student and teacher Google calendars with their class schedules.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 31, 2022

Students move ahead by mastering content, not by spending a prescribed number of hours in a classroom. Currently free for California residents, Calbright prepares students to earn industry-valued certificates, instead of traditional degrees, and its programs can be completed in less than a year. .

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

There are technology tools that can make information and data analytics accessible to everyone. Study the Future Leadership today asks you to become a student of tomorrow. There is plenty of advice out there, and most leaders have the management skills to retool organizational structures for better communication and greater agility.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

How are you collecting, storing, and accessing that data? Who should have access to that information? The Student Information System, accounting system, and fundraising CRM all contain critical data points. When determining who should have access and to what information, we started by defining roles within the school.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Students with limited resources can benefit tremendously from remote classroom access by educational nonprofits. Diverse and dynamic professionals are brought in to provide fresh perspectives and expertise, expanding student’s knowledge and receptiveness to potential future careers. Interactive games.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2017

But others might say that equality is contingent upon access. This gathering is the biggest and most well-known conference to focus exclusively on assistive and accessible technologies for populations with special needs. More importantly, I saw that building a culture of accessibility is just as important as the technology itself.

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

To illustrate, Cilente Skendall shared that one activity not considered “service” by most respondents was “alternative breaks”—short trips designed to provide students with “service immersion experiences.” The students also emphasized that service increased their sense of agency.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Since then, student enrollment has quintupled, the budget—including scholarship grants—tripled, and outreach activities expanded through valuable community partnerships. Nick underscores the transformative impact on students: “Our students gain confidence and discipline through dance training just like in sports.

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Candid

JULY 14, 2022

One program partner on the Crow Creek Reservation determined that their Tokata Youth Center and students needed support the most. A third of Native American students lack access to at-home internet for distance learning, and many of their youth, like other youth, were reporting depression and anxiety. Lessons learned .

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2013

Casella, who has worked in special education for 50 years, discussed the different kinds of technology the Bridge School uses with its students. The goal of the program is to develop a sense of independence within the students by giving them as many tools as they need. The Bridge School's work and research has global reach.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Of course, Cloud for Good believes Salesforce is an incredible tool and can help universities communicate with their prospective students with the right message, on the right channel, at the right time. Track all event attendance throughout the student journey. Leverage the power of Salesforce to create, register, run, and report.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Of course, one thing might be that accessibility is put right up top, front and center! Born accessible is a play on the term born digital and is used to convey the idea that materials that are born digital also can and should be born accessible.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. Areas served: Worldwide. Carnegie Corporation of New York. The Kresge Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Instead of only being able to report your overall funding totals, fund accounting allows you can report the total number of students supported, the total dollars that were dispersed, average award size, and other key statistics. Access one set of data in the format you need as often as you need. Increase efficiency.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 28, 2019

This month, I’ve been thinking about access barriers. Last week, I talked a bit about the structural issues inherent in our systems and how they may play a part in our access issues. Last week, I talked a bit about the structural issues inherent in our systems and how they may play a part in our access issues. Wait, what?

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