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2023 College Promise Careers Institute to Take Place at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on November 8th and 9th, 2023

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Monday, October 9, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- College Promise , in collaboration with TNPromise and TnAchieves, leading providers of statewide Tennessee college opportunities for students, is pleased to announce the forthcoming 2023 College Promise Careers Institute.

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- College Promise , in collaboration with TNPromise and TnAchieves, leading providers of statewide Tennessee college opportunities for students, is pleased to announce the forthcoming 2023 College Promise Careers Institute.
  • Registration for the 2023 College Promise Careers Institute is now open.
  • "As a founding College Promise National Advisory Council member and a champion of TN Promise, we are excited to host the annual Careers Institute at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, this year!
  • The College Promise Careers Institute unites experts in education and workforce development, working diligently on increasing economic mobility for all Americans.

Dalio Family Office Appoints Mark Baumgartner as Chief Investment Officer

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
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WESTPORT, Conn., Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dalio Family Office (DFO), a leading family office with a strong philanthropic legacy, is pleased to announce that Mark Baumgartner will join as Chief Investment Officer ("CIO") in November 2023.

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  • WESTPORT, Conn., Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dalio Family Office (DFO), a leading family office with a strong philanthropic legacy, is pleased to announce that Mark Baumgartner will join as Chief Investment Officer ("CIO") in November 2023.
  • He has held roles at both fundamental and quantitative hedge funds and co-led Morgan Stanley Investment Management's institutional solutions group before joining the investment team at the Ford Foundation in the late 2000s.
  • Commenting on the appointment, Ray Dalio stated: "We are thrilled to welcome Mark to our team because his life, investment and work principles are highly aligned with ours.
  • I have no doubt that he will effectively lead our global investments which will be critical to achieving our family and philanthropic aspirations."

Association of College and University Educators Announces Second Annual National Higher Education Teaching Conference June 13-14, 2024, Minneapolis

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Building on momentum from this year's inaugural event, the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) today announced dates for the second annual National Higher Education Teaching Conference (NHETC). Slated for June 13-14, 2024, at the Hilton Minneapolis, the conference will be an opportunity for higher ed leaders, professors, policymakers, researchers, and philanthropists to accelerate a national commitment to excellent teaching in every class—a movement that was energized in New York last June.

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  • Issues call for presentation proposals on ways to elevate teaching across higher ed, on-campus and in every class
    NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Building on momentum from this year's inaugural event, the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) today announced dates for the second annual National Higher Education Teaching Conference (NHETC) .
  • More than 500 attendees of last summer's inaugural convening praised NHETC for its relevance to the broad cross-section of stakeholders needed to ensure excellence in a college education.
  • Jonathan Zimmerman, Ph.D., Professor of History of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of "The Amateur Hour: A History of College Teaching in America," said, "Through ACUE's leadership, NHETC launched a 'great teaching movement.'
  • It's the most exciting and promising thing I've witnessed in higher education in three decades."

Carnegie Reporter Magazine’s International Issue Focuses on the Importance of Knowledge in Advancing Global Security and Peace

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
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Now more than ever, knowledge and understanding of complex international issues are critical to the advancement of a more secure world.

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  • Now more than ever, knowledge and understanding of complex international issues are critical to the advancement of a more secure world.
  • The Fall 2023 edition of the Carnegie Reporter magazine, published by the philanthropic foundation Carnegie Corporation of New York, examines complex topics critical to global security, from U.S.-China relations to the costs of war and nuclear proliferation, and highlights the importance of bridging the gap between academics and policymakers.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230914409985/en/
    From U.S.-China relations to global nuclear dynamics, the #CarnegieReporter's International Issue examines some of the most pressing issues of our time and efforts to address them by promoting knowledge and peace.
  • Readers are encouraged to republish or excerpt articles by seeking permission from the foundation.

Carnegie Corporation of New York Contributes $5 Million to National Initiative Focused on Revitalizing Local News

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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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The Corporation is awarding $5 million in addition to its existing portfolio of media grants.

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  • The Corporation is awarding $5 million in addition to its existing portfolio of media grants.
  • Introducing #PressForward: An unprecedented philanthropic collaboration to inform and engage communities by bolstering local news with an investment of over $500M.
  • Since 2005, approximately 2,200 local newspapers have closed, resulting in 20 percent of Americans living in “news deserts” with little to no reliable coverage of important local events.
  • Investments in nonpartisan public policy development, analysis, and advocacy are needed at the local, state, and national levels.

Press Forward Will Award More Than $500 Million to Revitalize Local News

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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A coalition of 22 donors today announced Press Forward, a national initiative to strengthen communities and democracy by supporting local news and information with an infusion of more than a half-billion dollars over the next five years. Press Forward will enhance local journalism at an unprecedented level to re-center local news as a force for community cohesion; support new models and solutions that are ready to scale; and close longstanding inequities in journalism coverage and practice. 

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  • Press Forward seeks to reverse the dramatic decline in local news that has coincided with an increasingly divided America and weakening trust in institutions.
  • National, regional, local, and issue-specific funders co-designed Press Forward with the aim of deploying significant new resources to the field through greater coordination and peer learning.
  • Organizations interested in Press Forward can sign up for updates to learn more about applying for future grants.
  • Press Forward welcomes and continues to invite additional funders to enhance nonprofit, public, and for-profit news and information.

ECMC Foundation Joins Association of College and University Educators' National Initiative to Strengthen Teaching and Learning for More Than 250,000 Students

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Thursday, August 10, 2023
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NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) announced that ECMC Foundation is joining its national initiative, Fostering a Culture of Belonging: The National Higher Education Excellence Challenge Grant Program, as a founding sponsor. Designed to strengthen the higher education experience for hundreds of thousands of U.S. students, this new program will allow up to 2,000 professors and staff to earn an ACUE certificate through its "Fostering a Culture of Belonging" course. Given typical teaching loads, the course will benefit an estimated 250,000 students annually. Last month, ACUE announced it was partnering with Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) on the development of the program.

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  • Last month, ACUE announced it was partnering with Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) on the development of the program.
  • The grant will be implemented with the support of the National Association of System Heads (NASH) .
  • Jacob Fraire, president of ECMC Foundation, said, "We are pleased to be among the partners committed to this work.
  • "It is exciting to collaborate with ECMC Foundation and NASH as we grow our national initiative to foster a culture of belonging in U.S. colleges and universities."

Modern States Education Alliance Names New Executive Director

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Monday, July 24, 2023
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NEW YORK, July 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Modern States Education Alliance (“Modern States”), the nation’s leading philanthropy dedicated to making a college degree more affordable and accessible for everyone, today announced the appointment of Dr. Jefferson Pestronk as executive director.

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  • NEW YORK, July 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Modern States Education Alliance (“Modern States”), the nation’s leading philanthropy dedicated to making a college degree more affordable and accessible for everyone, today announced the appointment of Dr. Jefferson Pestronk as executive director.
  • He will work alongside Modern States’ CEO and founder, Steve Klinsky, and succeeds David Vise, who continues on as senior advisor.
  • “A nationwide search led us to Jefferson and I look forward to working with him to enable Modern States to continue to grow and flourish,” said Klinsky.
  • For more information about Modern States and its courses, please visit https://modernstates.org/ .

Association of College and University Educators to Strengthen Teaching and Learning for More Than 250,000 Students Through New National Initiative

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
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NEW YORK, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) today launched a new national initiative, Fostering a Culture of Belonging: The National Higher Education Excellence Challenge Grant Program, that will strengthen the higher education experience for hundreds of thousands U.S. students. Developed with Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY), this new program will allow up to 2,000 professors and staff to earn an ACUE certificate through its "Fostering a Culture of Belonging" course. Given typical teaching loads, the course will benefit an estimated 250,000 students annually. The announcement was made last week at the inaugural National Higher Education Teaching Conference co-hosted by CCNY, ECMC Foundation and others.

Key Points: 
  • Given typical teaching loads, the course will benefit an estimated 250,000 students annually.
  • The announcement was made last week at the inaugural National Higher Education Teaching Conference co-hosted by CCNY, ECMC Foundation and others.
  • "Our first task as educators is to create a welcoming learning environment that enables all students – regardless of their backgrounds – to succeed.
  • Great teaching makes this happen, and it's the pre-requisite for learning," said Jonathan Gyurko, Ph.D., ACUE President and Co-founder.

New research finds that pandemic learning loss impacted whole communities, regardless of student race or income

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Thursday, May 11, 2023
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Education Recovery Scorecard, a collaboration with researchers at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University (CEPR) and Stanford University's Educational Opportunity Project, released 12 new state reports and a research brief to provide the most comprehensive picture yet of how the pandemic affected student learning. Building on their previous work, their findings reveal how school closures and local conditions exacerbated inequality between communities — and how little time school leaders have to help students catch up. 

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  • They found that where children lived during the pandemic mattered more to their academic progress than their family background, income, or internet speed.
  • Moreover, after studying instances where test scores rose or fell in the decade before the pandemic, the researchers found that the impacts lingered for years.
  • "Children have resumed learning, but largely at the same pace as before the pandemic.
  • And the extent to which schools were closed appears to have had the same effect on all students in a community, regardless of income or race.