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UC Santa Cruz Students Volunteering for Impact with Bookshare

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

UC Santa Cruz students who participated in our volunteer pilot project— proofreading textbooks for our Bookshare collection—have done a fantastic job proofreading over a short period of time three entire textbooks! This means more than 2,300 pages of text and an amazing gift for the 250,000+ Bookshare student members we serve.

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Enhancing Student Success Across Campus with Western Michigan University + Salesforce

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Western Michigan University (WMU) is a large, public research-intensive university that has been helping students reach their potential through a pursuit of purpose since 1903. Around 20K students find that purpose each year across a range of undergraduate and graduate programs at WMU. Solidifying Student Success.

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Listening to teachers to support students impacted by COVID-19 

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One in four students is chronically absent , and many continue to lag in math and reading scores. These effects are even stronger in schools where a majority of students face significant equity barriers because of their racial identities or zip codes. It’s use it or lose it—and our students can’t afford to lose it.

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How to find free things: nonprofit students edition 

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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. This content represents a wealth of credible sources for research papers and projects. .

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Maximizing Your Student Success on Salesforce

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No line of code or predictive model can project the exact when and where of the next unexpected event that alters an institution’s ability to deliver business as usual. Whatever the disruption, staff, faculty, and students will be called to support and uplift the institution’s mission.

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Master Class on Creating Startup Tech Social Enterprises

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Current Presidio MBA student and Benetech team member Julie Noblitt wrote a generous blog post about the master class last week. Should be exciting to interact with more Presidio students! Julie is not our only connection to Presidio: alum Kristina Pappas runs International Bookshare for Benetech.

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Fiscal Sponsorship for Nonprofits: An Alternative to 501c3 Status

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This nonprofit becomes what’s known as a “fiscal sponsor” for the new organization, project, or program, lending their tax-exempt status in the process. . For example, say a nonprofit is dedicated to providing afterschool programs to middle school students. In fiscal sponsorship, organizations are “sponsored” by an existing nonprofit.