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Laura E. Martin; J. R. Love; Albert B. Nylander III – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2023
This article contributes to the civic identity development literature by exploring how a scholarship program emphasizing entrepreneurship and economic revitalization can facilitate engagement across difference in pursuit of shared anti-poverty commitments. Drawing on theories of entrepreneurial action, civic identity development literature, and a…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Scholarship, Economic Development, Poverty
Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2016
"The demographics of families in poverty around the globe may be diverse, but parents' dreams for their children are similar everywhere: good health, a good education, economic stability, and a better future." This new report from the Bernard van Leer Foundation and Ascend at The Aspen Institute develops a "two generation"…
Descriptors: Poverty, Family Programs, Child Development, Partnerships in Education
Foundation Center, 2015
Foundation funding focused on Ghana over the past decade has encompassed all aspects of the global development agenda and beyond. Among foundations whose grants are tracked by Foundation Center, their giving focused on Ghana totaled $499 million between 2002 and 2012. While few foundations intentionally aligned their grantmaking priorities with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Philanthropic Foundations, Private Financial Support, Grants
Association of Canadian Community Colleges, 2009
This report was created in conjunction with the Association of Canadian Community College's (ACCC) review of the federal government's contribution to reducing poverty in Canada. Colleges and institutes are fundamental partners in the socio-economic infrastructure and development of their communities. Colleges deliver a comprehensive array of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Poverty Programs, Research Reports
Bowles, Jonathan; Colton, Tara; Fischer, David Jason; Giles, David; O'Grady, Jim – Center for an Urban Future, 2009
The inauguration of a new president is a typically a time of great hope, and this year is certainly no exception. But the advent of the Obama administration offers residents of New York and other city-dwellers special grounds for optimism: that the period of years, if not decades, when the federal government all but turned its back on the needs of…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Federal Government, Presidents, Safety
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Heaton, Dennis P. – Journal of Management Education, 2008
Community and Individual Development Association (CIDA) City Campus is a private business college that provides bachelor's degrees to economically disadvantaged students in South Africa. CIDA's model of management education is in stark contrast to conventional business schools, which are not accessible to or adapted to students from extreme…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Management Development