The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 22, 2025

Low student-to-professional conversion : Many associations struggle to transition discounted or student members to full membership. Strategies for Mitigating the Membership Cliff So how are associations addressing membership challenges and declines?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As a nonprofit management student, preparing to enter this field can be challenging because it’s still developing. As the sector evolves, students aren’t always sure which available resources are the most sound to support our studies. GuideStar . Candid’s GuideStar platform includes over 2.7 million nonprofits.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

His startup, College Cash , allows brands to petition users to create photo and video marketing content highlighting their product or service, with the wrinkle being that content creators are paid by the brands in the form of credits that go directly toward paying down their student loan debt.

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Tableau

MARCH 19, 2024

Ateken Abla March 19, 2024 - 9:05pm Larissa Amoroso Vice President, Tableau Community, Tableau When Karolina Grodzinska took the stage at Tableau Conference as part of her Iron Viz: Student Edition award, it felt like the culmination of her data learning, which started in 2021. Winning Iron Viz: Student Edition is no small feat.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

This year, the most innovative companies in the education sector are tackling a dizzying array of challenges facing students and schools alikenot to mention parents. As a teletherapy platform, Parallel Learning enables schools and special education providers to counsel students and track their progress.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 5, 2021

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is an internationally-renowned, public doctoral research university and academic health center dedicated to transforming the student experience. Thrailkill elaborates, stating, “We see with students that text messaging is how they want to receive communications, especially since COVID.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 28, 2025

They must work with advancement teams to understand scholarship funding, find students who fit donors specific requirements, shepherd those students through the application process, manage scholarship review committees, disburse awards, and report back to the donors how their funds were utilized. What is an award management system?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Students pursue advanced degrees with the promise of invaluable research opportunities, specialized skills, and increased earning potential. Contributing factors include a strong job market, challenging political landscape, and the ongoing student debt crisis. may be reaching the graduate education community.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

Julien Frei and Lea Perret [Image: 6pm in Paris] Learning as a lifelong journey Perret imagined 6pm in Paris as a way to help students learn French beyond the classroom. Since the pandemic, her team also launched online classes toover 50,000 students. For now, the team has licensed more than 60 short films by local filmmakers.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2023

A rts and culture nonprofits face distinctive challenges in the nonprofit sector. Despite their challenges, Ballet Lubbock has become an integral part of Lubbock’s cultural landscape. Nick underscores the transformative impact on students: “Our students gain confidence and discipline through dance training just like in sports.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

They do however face unique challenges, which are numerous and varied, reflecting the complex and evolving nature of the nonprofit sector as a whole. This blog aims to examine these challenges and offer all nonprofits leaders methods to increase diversity and BIPOC participation in their organizations.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Then — as a first-generation college student — she received her undergraduate and graduate degrees. A High Achiever in Pursuit of Education The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation opens doors for low-income, high-achieving students to access a quality education. She finished high school and decided to go to community college.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Educational and career exposure activities for high school, college, and university students , and graduates pursuing STEM studies. Due to under-representation in the industry, these students and young graduates have minimal exposure to the high-tech ecosystem. About the Author. Nancy Refki. Connect with her on Linkedin.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Young people want to be challenged. While you should focus on all Three Cs for everybody, you might want to put more weight on challenge for people who are new to the workforce and weigh things differently for people who are middle or later career. They arent encumbered by the old system because they havent invested in it.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Scholarship programs are critical tools for students to propel themselves forward and for schools to court and steward donors. Yet, institutions often struggle to get enough qualified students to apply for available scholarships. The right student is hard to find.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Maybe you took it out of necessity, maybe it was meant to be temporary, or maybe you thought it would be more challenging than it is. Drop by their desk or invite them for coffee with genuine curiosity about their challenges. It’s about creating an environment where they feel challenged, valued, and genuinely supported.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2025

Nonprofits continue to be challenged to do more with less. Leaders knew how to stretch nickels into dimes and now are being challenged to stretch them into quarters. Specifying majors and home towns closed the doors for many deserving students. Why is there resistance to unrestricted giving?

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

Research shows that touchscreens can be particularly challenging for older people with dementia. Our own employer, the University of Bath, has a repository of reasonable adjustments that can be tailored to support staff and students experiencing mental illness. This is hardly futuristic tech.

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Candid

DECEMBER 9, 2024

These societal challenges often require immediate action and can see fast returns on investments. Do small, grassroot nonprofits have unique challenges in accessing funding? The research should also focus on ways to increase the visibility of nonprofits that support causes related to education. Who are the main funders of education?

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DeepMind Blog

AUGUST 5, 2024

Food security, healthcare and exploring the cosmos are among the ways students of a new pan-African Master’s program aspire to apply AI

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

At a remote elementary school in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, until recently, access to safe drinking water was a daily challenge. In the dry season, from December to April, droughts made the challenge worse. He realized that access to clean drinking water was a challenge even in areas with abundant rain.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

A flurry of recent activity surrounding student debt repayment, including government policies, like the SECURE ACT 2.0, passed by Congress in December, created provisions for employers to match student loan payments for those with debt while also adding to retirement accounts.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Texas A&M University has brought AR/VR production into its celebrated Visualization program , letting students learn to build state-of-the-art virtual productions before they leave college. The businesses in Fast Company s Most Innovative Companies in AR/VR reflect that trend. In the U.S.,

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TechSpot

MAY 6, 2024

Students are using AI assistants like ChatGPT to grasp thorny concepts, summarize dense research papers, brainstorm ways to approach coding challenges, and prototype new ideas. A report by IEEE Spectrum has shown how generative AI is transforming academia. Essentially, AI has become the ultimate study buddy for CS majors.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Khan Academy For empowering students and their teachers with a free AI writing coach In 2023, Khan Academy launched Khanmigo, an experimental AI tutor designed to give students one-on-one help in tasks such as practicing math problems, brainstorming project ideas, and analyzing literature.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2024

We understand nonprofits face numerous challenges, and focusing on young people may seem like a task for tomorrow or next week. 2) Think long term Students may be short on funds, but they’re long on passion and energy, and we all know a personal referral carries more weight than a cold call.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2023

It’s never been more expensive to be an American, with certain measures of consumer prices having gone up around 400% over the past 40 years, while real wages have increased only 4% during the same inflation-adjusted interval–that’s not to mention the cost of student loans, housing, and other major purchases.

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Singularity Hub

MARCH 18, 2025

For example, museums could provide different audio guides to visitors without headphones, and libraries could allow students to study with audio lessons without disturbing others. Challenges remain for our technology. Audio enclaves could enable personalized audio in public spaces. Nonlinear distortion can affect sound quality.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 4, 2024

DonorsChoose, which links “wish lists” for classroom and student supplies submitted by public school teachers, set a $5 million goal for the day. Even as donations and donor numbers saw a slight decline, every single gift made an impact, especially in these challenging times.” Due in part to a 50% match, the organization generated $5.5

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Microsoft AI

JANUARY 21, 2025

His school, with students from 70 different nationalities, achieved remarkable reading progress in just two months. This approach has been especially beneficial in areas with teacher shortages, ensuring quality education despite challenges.

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Donorbox

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Middle schools need additional funds to pay for class and student supplies, events and extracurricular activities, field trips for classes and school groups, and more. Fundraising for these necessary expenses can be a challenge. That’s probably why 67% of principals turn their school’s fundraising decisions over to the PTO or PTA.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

This highlights not just a tech industry issue but a broader societal challenge. These kinds of opportunities are such easy, fun, and impactful ways to get involved, where students learn real, tangible skills that will pave the way for their career preparation.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Throughout my life, from teenage years to now, my career has been filled with leadership training programs: Teen leadership, student leadership, emerging leadership, and executive leadership. Leaders now face the challenge of balancing immediate needs with long-term strategies in a world where change is relentless.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The number of chronically absent students nearly doubled from 16% in the 2018–19 school year to 30% in 2021–22. Nationally, 30% of all students, or nearly 15 million kids, were chronically absent during the 2021–22 school year, when in-person learning largely resumed.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

At womens colleges such as Smith and Vassar, students organized baseball teams as early as 1866. A new documentary film, See Her Be Her , is touring the country to celebrate the growth of womens baseball and raise awareness of the challenges these athletes face. It wasnt always this way. Women have been playing baseball in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.” “We believe everyone has a purpose.

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TechNode

APRIL 8, 2025

The Gen Z Innovations: The New Force list celebrates how the next generation is tackling global challenges with tech-driven solutions, driving societal progress and inspire more young innovators to boldly pursue their dreams and collectively build a better future.

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