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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

For every $100 foundations give to an Ivy League school, how many dollars do you think foundations give to a historically Black college and university (HBCU)? Candid and ABFE partnered to create and publish Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities.

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Hack The Box, a gamified cybersecurity training platform with 1.7M users, raises $55M

TechCrunch

The funding is being led by Carlyle, with Paladin Capital Group, Osage University Partners, Marathon Venture Capital, Brighteye Ventures and Endeavor Catalyst Fund also participating. HTB is not the first nor only company to build cyber training around a gamified environment. million users. It also has a careers service.)

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An ed-tech specialist spoke out about remote testing software — and now he’s being sued

The Verge

Between August 23rd and 24th, Ian Linkletter, a learning technology specialist at the University of British Columbia (UBC), made a series of tweets criticizing a software that his school uses. But the tools have expanded in the wake of COVID-19 and the resulting rush to remote and blended learning environments.

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How can diversity, equity and inclusion strategies help nonprofits stay relevant?

ASU Lodestar Center

Diversity highlights all the ways in which people differ; equity is the fair treatment, access, opportunity and advancement for all individuals; and inclusion is the act of creating environments where all individuals and groups can feel welcomed, respected, supported and valued to fully participate.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We’ll share some of these case studies below, but for more, check out these projects and learn more about the people behind them at the Games for Change Festival ( [link] ), NYC’s largest gaming event that convenes the social change community and game makers, next month (April 22-24 & 26). In Education.

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Labster gets millions from a16z to bring virtual science lab software to the world

TechCrunch

“VR is good for learning, but we need to make sure that we understand and provide services and solutions that work with the hardware that institutions already have and are available,” he said, adding that many institutions have been unable to afford headsets for all students. Post-COVID, the growth will slow,” Jensen said.

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Holberton raises $20M as it pivots to become an edtech SaaS company

TechCrunch

Customers can be nonprofit impact investors who want to improve local economies, education institutions who want to fill gaps in how they teach in a post-COVID learning environment, or corporations who want to provide the best training possible as education providers themselves or as employee development programs.”

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