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Exploring the Role of Apprenticeship in Today’s Economy with Tal Frankfurt + Robert Lerman

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Additionally, apprenticeships are more structured and skill-specific than internships. That last facet of learning, in terms of employability, deals with creative problem solving, overcoming difficulties, knowing how to work with supervisors, etc. RL: Right, I think of learning in terms of academic learning (writing, math skills, etc.),

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Shrinking government budgets and greater competition for ever-fewer dollars are reducing the scale and effectiveness of nonprofits in meeting the nation’s growing challenges and intractable problems.

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Benefit Corporations: Back to Purpose

Tech Soup

Profits were allowed, but they were legitimized by the mission within the business charter. In modern-day America, businesses are held legally accountable to maximize profits for shareholders, frequently at the exclusion of all else. A structure has emerged to serve this purpose, called the Benefit Corporation.

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What Can Salesforce Do for Education?

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The series of events that led the University of Vermont (UVM) to Salesforce, and a partnership with Cloud for Good, was both unexpected and unprecedented. . The University of Vermont (UVM) implemented Service Cloud as part of a multi-phased release to help facilitate the UVM vision of a connected campus. Read More ».

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