Julian Jones: Living the Life Of Your Dreams
UNCF/Koch Scholars alum Julian Jones explains how starting his own business, with the help of his UNCF mentor, is enabling him to live the life of his dreams.
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Jacey Stuckey
Jacey Stuckey describes how she flourished, despite having the odds against her. She started college with less than $300 to her name, and now she aspires to be a “queen-pin” of investing and private equity.
Grant Donors’ Goals Are to Advance Learning
As state governments around the U.S. struggle with weak economies and structural budget crises, funding available to higher education is likely to continue to come under severe pressure. To meet this challenge, public universities across the nation will need to seek new sources of financial support to fill the gap. Repeated budget cuts have been … Continued
Economics Lesson: Criticism of FSU’s Koch Grant is Unfair
Bizarre: It’s the word that best describes the brouhaha over the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation’s controversial grant to Florida State University, where I’m an undergraduate majoring in economics. This controversy seems even more bizarre if you lean toward a free-market school of thought, as I do. That’s the perspective from which I have viewed … Continued
CKF to Sponsor Arizona State University Conference on Criminal Justice Reform
CKF to Sponsor Arizona State University Conference on Criminal Justice Reform The Charles Koch Foundation is proud to announce its sponsorship of Arizona State University’s State of Our State Conference on criminal justice reform. The conference will feature leaders from across society and government for a discussion on the state’s current approach to the issue … Continued
Students Discuss Former White House Official, Nobel Prize Economist
Students Discuss Former White House Official, Nobel Prize Economist As part of its work to support a marketplace of ideas in higher education, the Charles Koch Foundation provides grants to facilitate reading groups led by hundreds of faculty on campuses across the country. University faculty members tailor curriculum to engage students with a variety of … Continued
A First Look At Second Chances; Harvard Scholar Launches New Prison Research
A First Look At Second Chances; Harvard Scholar Launches New Prison Research This month Bruce Western, sociology professor and faculty chair of the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, commenced the New York Reentry Study (NYRS). The two-year project will examine social and economic life of released prisoners and their … Continued
Opportunities Created by Scholars We Support
We support academic programs at hundreds of colleges and universities across the country. Each program is as unique as the faculty member leading it. Here are a few samples of the compelling opportunities created by scholars with our support. Stephanie Crofton and Daniel Hall created an opportunity for select student programmers at High Point University … Continued
Former Utah State Koch Scholar Receives Select Medical Research Award
Former Utah State Koch Scholar Receives Select Medical Research Award William Israelson, a cancer researcher at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and recent recipient of an Early Independence Award from the National Institute of Health, participated in a Koch Scholars reading group while an undergraduate student at Utah State. Israelson recalls his time in … Continued
Harvard Kennedy School Launches Fellowships in Education Entrepreneurship
Harvard University’s Program on Education Policy and Governance announced it is launching fellowships in Education Entrepreneurship. The nearly $3 million dollar grant from the Charles Koch Foundation will support masters and doctoral candidates. Read the full announcement here