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February 2004
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Aspire Public Schools

Set in the fall of 2003, covers managerial challenges facing the CEO and COO of Aspire Public Schools, a nonprofit charter school management company. In operation since 1999 and funded by prominent national foundations and venture philanthropies, Aspire operates 10... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business or Company Management; Expansion; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Education Industry; California

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01 Sep 2011
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Science Buddy

extensive information and guidance about developing their topics of choice. Last April, Science magazine awarded ScienceBuddies.org its Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE). Said Hess, “During 2010, around 10 million... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services

01 Dec 2000
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

and the brightest of the HBS faculty. This fall we tried something new and presented two Executive Education courses to returning alumni. Transitions and Transformations, led by HBS professor emeritus Carl Sloane, was offered to the Class... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services

01 Dec 2007
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All Aboard for Board Members

Since Alumni Career Services launched its board of directors résumé database a year ago, it has grown to more than 1,000 names of HBS graduates interested in serving on public or private boards. Initially, only executive search firms could access the database to assist... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

01 Mar 2014
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Innovation: Crowdfunding College Costs

30 percent more than would otherwise be true." And how would Cordero respond to those who might find such a gift solicitation tacky? "The demand and desire to give the gift of education has always been with us," he says, citing the old... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Gradsave; crowdfunding; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services