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Is the Higher Education Pipeline Shrinking or Just Taking a Nap?

sgEngage

do not feel their education was worth the cost, colleges and universities have to work harder and smarter to recruit, enroll, and retain students. Some well-paying jobs only require trade school or technical education programs, and those certifications take far less than four years to earn. What can schools do to innovate and adapt?

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[Case Study] First-Time Golf Tournament Exceeds Fundraising Goal for Habitat for Humanity of Chicago

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Habitat for Humanity partners with communities all over the globe to help build homes, with the vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. On the local level, affiliate organizations work with trusted partners and residents to improve communities and build strong neighborhoods. I love Habitat.

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Ending the Cycle of Poverty With Access to Quality Education

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Kate Ginn, Senior Communications Editor, Cambodian Children’s Fund. Their fate seems set from a young age: Children living in some of the most deprived communities in Cambodia are often denied the chance of an education, trapped in a cycle of poverty with no escape. Hong Kong, and Australia. By 2000, Scott was living in L.A.

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Why Every Organization Should Make Sustainability Part of its Mission

Saleforce Nonprofit

At Salesforce, our business is guided by stakeholder capitalism , a system in which corporate purpose is based on a fundamental commitment to all stakeholders — customers, employees, partners, communities, the planet, and society — rather than just shareholders. From nonprofits like 350.org With a digital-first approach, 350.org’s

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Transform Your Communications & Collaboration With Slack

Saleforce Nonprofit

Arizona State University (ASU), for instance, needed an easier way for its students, faculty, and staff to communicate, share lesson plans, and gather feedback. ASU found that a significant population of its community were already using Slack, making it an ideal choice for a new collaboration tool. In the 2020 U.S.

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TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile: Nonprofits Back to School — In Brazil

Tech Soup

Now that TechSoup’s Local Impact Map has officially launched , let's discover one of great new organizations featured there. Its Connecting To Life program (Projeto Conectando com a Vida in Portuguese) provides computer education classes to at-risk youth so they can get well-paid information technology jobs.

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Welcome to the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellows

NTEN

Last year, as jobs, schools, government services, social gatherings, and everyday tasks moved online, there blossomed a growing recognition that digital access and skills are critical in our society and should be a universal human right.

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