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- 08 May 2012
- News
Screen Saver
mission around film and education,” Apkon says in a phone interview. “The nature of literacy changes based on how we communicate, and the vast majority of information these days is delivered through visual media. In the past decade, it’s... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tulsa Massacre Case Fosters Timely Conversations
better educational foundation. . . . So, unless the literacy rates increase overnight, providing a financial scholarship. . . [won’t override] years of systematic oppression.” Desai, the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, was... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
foundation which starts way earlier than college scholarships can solve alone. It starts with improved public school systems that close the literacy gap between communities of color and their white counterparts,” she explains. “So, unless... View Details
- 14 Dec 2017
- News
Making Movies Is a Class Act
know Christie’s daughter and grandson, and they later asked me to join the board of Agatha Christie Limited,” explains Wood. Now the chief operating officer for the Council for Economic Education, a nonprofit focused on financial literacy... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Turning Point: Makeover
focused on literacy and gender equality in education. Since 2014, Tatcha has supported girls’ education in Africa and Southeast Asia in partnership with Room to Read. Tatcha is on track to fund 6.5 million days of school by the end of... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Embracing Chaos
Cummins, he helped establish India's first college of engineering for women, and at Microsoft, he helped create a computer literacy program that has trained 35 million children and nearly a million teachers in India to use computers. He's... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
around our inability to ensure that all children attain foundational literacy and numeracy skills. In simple words, if a child at age 10 can’t read and do basic math, they get left behind and can’t independently access the texts. The... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
1971, JD/MBA 1978). Now Fisher is also on the board of Easterly Government Properties, and she’s launching two additional businesses: FitMoney, a nonprofit K–12 financial literacy program, and a health IT company that is still in the... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Shari P. Hubert
smile talks about her experience tutoring a single mother on welfare as a volunteer in Boston City Hospital's Adult Literacy Program. "This woman was smart, motivated, and capable," recalls Hubert, who met with her student twice a week,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
included not only a street-based literacy program, but the building and staffing of several child-care facilities. A year later, with three nurseries up and running, one under construction, and the project sustainable with sound... View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
that older adults aren't always fluent in the latest technology. So elder adults may need to just learn it a little bit differently. Digital literacy, I think, is an incredibly important opportunity in this area. There are countries that offer digital View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
Doorway to Dreams (D2D), a Boston-based nonprofit founded in 2000 by HBS finance professor Peter Tufano, where one of Maynard’s many tasks involves leading the organization’s financial literacy video game initiative. Devoted to... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
helped create tens of thousands of products representing more than 150 countries. The designers share in the revenues and the company offers literacy programming to its manufacturers. “For me, what I wanted to do the most is question how... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2000
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VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
explained his focus on education and literacy by saying that "education is the key" for a new economy characterized by, and based upon, lifelong learning, multiple careers, and the acquisition and creation of intellectual property. His... View Details
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
financial literacy programs for teachers and students, as well as many other educational opportunities. “Education was the bridge to a better life for me,” observes Magwegwe, whose own dreams of going to college in the early 1990s were,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
Bagley: Legal literacy should be a priority for managers. In her new book, Winning Legally: How to Use the Law to Create Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk (HBS Press), Associate Professor Constance E. Bagley contends that managers... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
borrowers with more guidance when it comes to managing family finances? No one would argue against better consumer education and more financial literacy for Americans, in general. But the system itself caused many of these problems. We... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
businesses. He had a long association with the Literacy Volunteers of New York City and currently serves on the board of the Volunteer Consulting Group. Kiechel lives with his wife, Eugenia Dunstan, and their son in Hoboken,New Jersey;... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
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Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
highlight of the conference was the announcement of a partnership between the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA), the AASU, and the Boys & Girls Club of America to launch "Connecting Through Caring," an initiative led by Ann Fudge that focuses on... View Details