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The Looming Membership Cliff: What Associations Can and Should Be Doing

The MatrixFiles

Low student-to-professional conversion : Many associations struggle to transition discounted or student members to full membership. Partner with universities, corporations, and other nonprofits to develop pipelines for new members. Membership Models Are Under Strain The traditional membership model is facing scrutiny.

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Facebook reinvents Facebook with the launch of Campus for college students

The Verge

Facebook is getting back to its roots today with the launch of a new product called Campus, a section of the main app specifically designed for college students. In a nod to the original Facebook, they’ll even have access to a “Campus directory” where they can find and friend other students. No Harvard, though!)

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African Leadership Group acquires coding school Holberton

TechCrunch

Coding school Holberton today announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by African Leadership Group (ALG). ALG founder and CEO Fred Swaniker started the organization as a leadership academy (now the African Leadership Academy ) for small cohorts of students. Image Credits: African Leadership Group.

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Fulbright Award Winner Closes Data Skills Gap for Students and Teachers

Tableau

Danika Harrod October 22, 2024 - 5:46pm Larissa Amoroso Vice President, Tableau Community, Tableau Tableau Academic Ambassador Dr. Mary Dunaway has spent years empowering students and educators with skills such as data visualization. Scholar Program Award to share her expertise at the University of Eswatini.

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Students are suing Apple for deciding not to ship a wall charger with the iPhone 12

TechSpot

According to a report from Vice, a group of students from several Chinese universities are suing the Cupertino company for its change. Apple is already embroiled in a number of legal fights, but there’s always room for one more, especially when it revolves around its flagship product — the iPhone.

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A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both

Blue Avocado

Then — as a first-generation college student — she received her undergraduate and graduate degrees. Mary’s Pence funds women-led organizations and groups working for social change in the U.S., Before she began working for the Cooke Foundation, as a student, Natasha had received a scholarship recipient from their program.

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Benetech’s New Image Description Tool Improves Accessibility of Graphical Content for Students with Print Disabilities

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This week, Benetech’s DIAGRAM Center has announced the release of an open source web application for creating and editing crowdsourced image descriptions in books used by students with print disabilities. Books with image descriptions will go back into the Bookshare library for students with print disabilities to use in their coursework.

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