A $1 million grant to the American Council on Education establishes a two-year program that allows students to take advantage of apprenticeships and earn college credit for the skills they develop.
“I don’t know for sure what I’ll be doing in the future, but I do know that I am passionate about law, education, and policy,” Smith said. “I can advocate for people, be a voice. In everything I do, I keep moving toward that light.”
The Education Design Lab, a national nonprofit that designs, implements, and scales new learning models, has announced that it will partner with six colleges and post-secondary education systems to create an inaugural cohort of a new Community College Growth Engine Fund. The fund will help U.S. community colleges collaborate with local employers to meet the growing demand for short-term credentials and 21st century workforce skills.
Ball State University will enhance its efforts to empower the country’s next generation of leaders and innovators with a new $1.55 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation (CKF) and a $5 million grant from the Menard family.
The University of Nebraska has announced two new grants, one each from the Charles Koch Foundation (CKF) and the Menard family, that will support the university’s newly-launched Governance and Technology Center.
Since its founding in 2008, the Notre Dame International Security Center (NDISC) has provided a forum where leading scholars in national security studies from Notre Dame and elsewhere can come together to explore questions related to national security and foreign policy.
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will use two new grants to expand its Center for Constitutional Studies and enhance students’ opportunities to engage in research, coursework, and programming about First Amendment rights.
OpenStax, a Rice University educational technology initiative, recently announced an ambitious plan to expand its free digital offerings from 42 textbooks to 90, starting with a $12.5 million investment from the Charles Koch Foundation, the Stand Together community, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The Charles Koch Foundation (CKF) has provided Stanford Law’s Daphne Keller with a grant to study intermediary liability and its civil liberties’ implications.
In a letter to the editor in USA Today on September 2, Charles Koch Foundation Executive Director Ryan Stowers discussed the Foundation’s support for university programs
