Culture Curriculum and Teaching Universities 
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Zirkel on wikimedia Can universities be effective community builders? Observers going back to the early 20th-century US philosopher John Dewey have also contended that universities play an essential role in creating a democratic citizenry. Since most universities are nonprofit or publicly owned, by law, they must be community-serving.
NonProfit Quarterly
APRIL 18, 2025
Experts often overcomplicate lectures with jargon and references that may not be culturally relevant to the people they are trying to teach. Recently, three US universities teamed up to propose research into long COVID-19 using an MCTT approach. Establishing a culture of trust and safety can take time and effort.
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NonProfit Quarterly
APRIL 12, 2023
Such, at least, is the thesis of work I’ve been involved in to create a cooperative education curriculum at the high school level in the Bronx. Aside from these cultural and ideological factors, there are the practical benefits. Creating pathways for educating for economic democracy requires more than curriculum and content.
Fundraising Leadership
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Dr. Lily McNair, Take The Lead Board Chair and former President, Tuskegee University, says, I know from my own experience that organizations are stronger and more successful when women have an equal voice in leadership, says McNair. You already have more power than you might realize. Read the archive of The Movement Blog here.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Throughout high school, Sarah Weintraub, now 18 and a freshman at the University of Vermont, described her experience with climate change education as shallow. “We 13 It also urges a curriculum that “empowers” students, in an effort to reduce any hopelessness students might feel in the face of climate change and its impacts.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Discovering the Need for Change In 2016, after nearly 50 years of funding health and healthcare leadership development initiatives, RWJF launched four new leadership programs that sought to advance a Culture of Health , one that works to provide everyone in the United States a fair and just opportunity for health and well-being.
iMarketSmart
AUGUST 5, 2019
The book included special notes from the award recipients and myriad photographs that reflected the immersion in a different culture and the service work that was completed during a study away in Belize. The college’s curriculum is based on close faculty-student interaction in teaching, advising, and research.
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