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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Caltech’s small size makes its faculty and students incredibly agile when it comes to understanding a broad array of fields: there is a need here to be able to explain your work, and to understand the work of others. That’s the Caltech advantage! I want to advocate for “giving the sleeves off your vest” strategy!

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How to Improve On-Time Tuition Payments

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These options allow private schools to expand student recruitment and help reduce tuition delinquency by increasing payers’ ownership of their tuition cycle. Life happens, and the goodwill created by renegotiating tuition payment plans for extenuating circumstances can benefit the school in the long run.

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Harvard's Berkman Center: Second Life Course

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

as an Extension/Distance education through virtual world Second Life. live interactive sessions with remote students in Second Life. will also be licensed through Creative Commons and distributed to the general. "CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion," will be the first Harvard course. The course.

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Unlocking Technology-for-Good Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For example, instead of a 10X return to investors, we’re looking for a 10X reduction in the cost of delivering a social good unit—say, an accessible book to a student with a print disability, or a gallon of clean water to an underserved community in a developing country.

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Friday Fun Links: Creativity, Yummy Food, Blogging, Do-Gooding and Events

Have Fun - Do Good

Creative Ladies Planning the Year Ahead on Jamie Ridler Studios Wish on Create Your Own Beautiful Holiday Poetry Book by Tara Sophia Mohr I'm 42 and Full of Gratitude and Appreciation on SurfPrayLove Unfun Decisions: Scraping Bottom by Gwen Bell Forget Your Perfect Offering by Gwen Bell Creating With Kids :: Still Shots from Goddess Guide Book Something (..)

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YouthBuild Boston: A TechSoup Youth Organization Profile

Tech Soup

The need for after school programs is growing in modern life. Dan reports that their students get first-hand experience learning carpentry and other construction skills from contractors willing to take the time to teach basic skills. He says that most students who stick with the program go on to attend college.

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Join the Blogger Challenge: Raise Funds for Public Schools

Have Fun - Do Good

According to DonorsChoose: "low income" refers to the percentage of students at a given school who qualify for free lunch, which is considered a measure of economic need. According to DonorsChoose: "low income" refers to the percentage of students at a given school who qualify for free lunch, which is considered a measure of economic need.

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