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The most innovative companies in education in 2025

Fast Company Tech

EdSights uses AI chatbots to help colleges and universities identify students who might be at risk of dropping out, in part by increasing student engagement. CodeSignal Learn emphasizes practice-based learning over a more didactic approach, and an AI-powered coach called Cosmo helps guide users and can step in if they get stuck on anything.

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Here’s what the Fearless Fund lawsuit could mean for venture

TechCrunch

Gregory Shill, a professor of law at the University of Iowa who teaches a class on the Civil Rights Act as part of his Contracts class, told TechCrunch+ that a victory by Blum and the American Alliance for Equal Rights would stop many of the efforts designed to address the current disparities within venture capital.

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How r/WallStreetBets gamed the stock of GameStop

The Verge

These days, you can just buy video games over the internet instead of going to a soul-killing strip mall in Iowa City to buy a physical copy of the game. The argument in favor of this practice is, essentially, retail investors get better prices than they would on the open market, Bloomberg ’s Levine writes.

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Board diversity strategies to help nonprofits achieve success

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofit leaders should have ongoing discussions on inclusion and diversity, establish best practices, and develop common understanding of the meaning and definition of diversity and inclusion. Jen Nation is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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A simple, but profound, change in how we think about volunteers

ASU Lodestar Center

Thus, my challenge to all of us in the nonprofit sector is to stop needing and using volunteers and to, instead, encourage everyone in our organizations to shift their thinking and behavior to a practice of wanting and engaging the community in our work through volunteerism. This simple change may just bring profound results!

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#14LCS Facilitator Series: Meet Deepa Kunapuli

NTEN

Previously, she ran online programs for the New Organizing Institute, trained thousands of progressive organizers in digital best practices, and ran online constituency outreach for the 2012 Obama campaign. She''s a proud graduate of the University of Iowa and spends her free time at dance class.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Nonprofit Best Practices / Chicago, IL / Less than $700.