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- 2021
- White Paper
Working to Learn: Despite a Growing Set of Innovators, America Struggles to Connect Education and Career
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Rachel Lipson, Jorge Encinas, Tessa Forshaw, Alexis Gable and J.B. Schramm
In the wake of COVID-19 and growing inequality, America needs more pathways that bridge education and career. New research from the Project on Workforce at Harvard draws on data from New Profit's Postsecondary Initiative for Equity to identify opportunities for the... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Education; Training; Employment; Personal Development and Career; Health Pandemics
Fuller, Joseph B., Rachel Lipson, Jorge Encinas, Tessa Forshaw, Alexis Gable, and J.B. Schramm. "Working to Learn: Despite a Growing Set of Innovators, America Struggles to Connect Education and Career." White Paper, Harvard Business School Project on Managing the Future of Work, March 2021 (Published by the Project on Workforce at the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School Project on Managing the Future of Work.)
- 29 Sep 2015
- News
Juan Salgado Honored for Immigrant Education Efforts
complete an adult basic education, improve language abilities, and acquire job skills.” And in 2010, Salgado opened a charter school that offers counseling and support to students beyond graduation through the first two years of View Details
- 2012
- Case
Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (A)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Olivia Leskinen
Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (A)
2009 AL Fellow
Bob Whelan developed an idea with partners that was a seed before his fellowship year and seemed to address a significant national challenge - college financing - with a creative concept and experience from... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Entrepreneurs; Leadership Skills; Student Loan Crisis; Student Loans; Students; Low-income; Postsecondary Education; Debt-free; Income-share Agreements; ISA; College; Master’s Degree; Google; Purdue Research Foundation; Kanter’s Law; Elida Gonzalez; 13th Avenue; Ed Lowry; Flexibility; National Student Debt Jubilee Project; Fundraising; Difficult Middles; Investing In Student Success Act Of 2014; State Engagement; State Level; Pay It Forward; Student Movement; Tuition; Financing College; Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Education; Higher Education; Financing and Loans; Social Enterprise
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Olivia Leskinen. "Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 313-009, 2012. (Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
- 2015
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (B)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Grace Sza-Hua Chen and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Bob Whelan developed an idea with partners that was a seed before his fellowship year and addressed a significant national challenge - college financing - with a creative concept and experience from his years in investment banking. His nonprofit was called 13th Avenue... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise; Higher Education; Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt; Leading Change; Education Industry; Education Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Grace Sza-Hua Chen, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (B)." Harvard Business Publishing Case 316-049, 2015. (Advanced Leadership Pathways.)
- 27 May 2017
- News
The Dumb Politics of Elite Condescension
- September 2020 (Revised September 2021)
- Case
Student Success at Georgia State University (A)
By: Michael W. Toffel, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley
Georgia State University had developed a reputation for driving student success by nearly doubling its graduation rate for students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. It did so while growing its student body and the proportion of Black/African... View Details
Keywords: Education; Higher Education; Learning; Curriculum and Courses; Demographics; Diversity; Ethnicity; Income; Race; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Measurement and Metrics; Operations; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Outcome or Result; Performance; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation; Service Operations; Performance Improvement; Planning; Strategic Planning; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Education Industry; Atlanta
Toffel, Michael W., Robin Mendelson, and Julia Kelley. "Student Success at Georgia State University (A)." Harvard Business School Case 621-006, September 2020. (Revised September 2021.)
- Other Article
Accepting Risk and Rejecting the Status Quo: Fostering an Innovative Higher Ed Culture
By: David J. Collis
Corporations across the globe have been focused on the question of innovation for decades and longer. The desire to become leaner, better, and more efficient has driven innovative leaders for years. In higher education, however, this innovative mindset is a relatively... View Details
Collis, David J. "Accepting Risk and Rejecting the Status Quo: Fostering an Innovative Higher Ed Culture." The EvoLLLution (August 3, 2016).
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
an education even harder for people in prison, stipulating that the incarcerated would no longer be eligible for Pell Grants to help pay for their education. Many states followed suit with their own cuts to View Details
- 19 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career
Working to Learn: Despite a growing set of innovators, America struggles to connect education and career explores several important trends from our analysis: Few programs strive for college and employment. Though organizations in the... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
that obligation, although the culture of private philanthropy is less developed in Asian cultures. To help shift that mindset, Kim launched the MBK Scholarship Foundation in 2008 to fund postsecondary View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows
strategy to help improve student outcomes in Washington state, and supported the postsecondary education team to determine how technology can boost college advisors’ productivity and improve student outcomes... View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
that arbitrarily assigns that value.” He’s well on his way to realizing that obligation, although the culture of private philanthropy is less developed in Asian cultures. To help shift that mindset, Kim launched the MBK Scholarship Foundation in 2008 to fund View Details
- 10 Apr 2023
- News
Leading the Way
Foundation, a nonprofit focused on improving educational opportunities and outcomes for underserved, predominantly Hispanic youth in Arizona. "As my mentor, Gary invested in me as a student and as a person," says Trejo, a Phoenix native,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Forget About Making College Affordable; Make it a Good Investment
full time experience malemployment rates in excess of 27 percent and typically make little more than workers with no postsecondary education credentials. So why is it that people with a bachelor’s degree... View Details
- 25 Aug 2021
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
success well beyond those four years. Ninety-two percent of the class of 140 students graduated, and 91 of Intrinsic’s Class of 2019 took that step into postsecondary education, with at least 43 percent graduating with early college... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
and executive I am today.” His success there also positioned him well to pursue his dream of helping to transform postsecondary education in Africa. With the acquisition of two Cavendish Universities... View Details
- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
professor.” The students, in other words, identify their own educational gaps and seek ways to address them. “Do you need study halls? Do you need office hours with your math teacher because you’re struggling? Do you need time in biology... View Details
- 29 Jul 2024
- News
Leading the Way
banker and entrepreneur named Gary Trujillo (MBA 1990), who became a life-changing mentor. Trujillo and his wife, Melissa, cofounded the Be A Leader Foundation, a nonprofit focused on improving educational opportunities and outcomes for... View Details
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
They collected application data using the US Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System database, and when data for a particular college wasn’t available, they contacted the... View Details
- Web
FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness
competitive is the U.S. economy according to the Project’s research? In surveys of HBS alumni, business leaders have identified a number of weaknesses in the U.S. business environment that are deteriorating, including the K-12 education... View Details