Posts Tagged ‘Money’
Foundations Should Bring Equity to Education, National Report Says
by John O. Harney
October 29, 2010
Only a small fraction of the billions of dollars that foundations grant annually for education goes toward the specific needs of lower-income and vulnerable students, according to a study by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), a Washington, D.C.-based watchdog.
The committee's new report Confronting Systemic Inequity in Education calls on foundations to address the ...
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Putting Money Where the Mouth Is
by Dennis Jones
July 19, 2010
Ways to build momentum for college completion
Among policymakers at the federal and state levels, as well as within the philanthropic community, there is an overdue awareness that the U.S. and its constituent states need a more highly educated citizenry and workforce. The country is already well behind several other countries in the proportion of its ...
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