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10-29-08
Innovative Collaboration Creates Largest Online Library of University Teaching Materials on Employee Ownership
NEW YORK, NY. - October 29, 2008 "“ The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education (Aspen CBE), the Foundation for Enterprise Development (FED) and the Employee Ownership Foundation (EOF) today announced their collaboration on the creation of a Curriculum Library o...
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10-27-08
The Women Writing Science Project: Feminist Press and IBM Launch New Social Networking Site to Increase the Numbers of Young Women in Science
NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) - October 27, 2008 - The Women Writing Science project, a multi-faceted initiative to involve young women in science and to encourage them to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), announces the launch of the websit...
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10-24-08
Sports World Joins Foot Locker to Celebrate 8th Annual Scholarship & Fund Raising Gala
NEW YORK, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Foot Locker Foundation, Inc. joined together members of the athletic industry on Tuesday, October 21, at New York City’s renowned Rainbow Room to celebrate the eighth annual "On Our Feet" fundraising Gala. For the past five years, the even...
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10-23-08
Chicago Public Schools Receive Baxter Donation
CHICAGO, ILL. - October 23, 2008 - Mayor Richard M. Daley and Chicago Public Schools (CPS), announced today that Baxter International Inc. will donate $5 million over five years to support CPS district science initiatives - the first program ever to fund biotech education in...
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10-14-08
AT&T Awards $1.4 Million in Grants to Help Address High School Dropout Crisis in San Francisco Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced it is awarding more than $1.4 million in AT&T Foundation grants to nine Bay Area educational institutions to support high school retention programs for at-risk students.
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10-06-08
Bainbridge Graduate Institute Ranked #1 by Net Impact's Student Guide to Graduate Business Programs for the 3rd Consecutive Year
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND,WA. - October 6, 2008 - Bainbridge Graduate Institute ranks #1 in sustainable business education according to Net Impact's Business as Unusual: The 2008 Student Guide to Graduate Business Programs.
BGI took first...
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10-06-08
AT&T, Junior Achievement Launch Nationwide Job Shadow Initiative to Help Prepare 100,000 Students for the World of Work
DALLAS, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In an effort to encourage American high school students to stay in school and increase their competitiveness with counterparts from other countries, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Junior Achievement today announced the launch of a multim...
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10-02-08
Fordham University Joins Digital Arts Alliance
BRONX, N.Y., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pearson Foundation announced today that Fordham University has joined the Digital Arts Alliance, the consortium that promotes digital arts K-12 education through fully funded and staffed programs delivered directly to schools and commu...
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10-02-08
Indiana's Science Education Reform Gains Financial Boost and Brain Power From Eli Lilly and Company
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development's "Hoosier Hot 50 Jobs", Indiana workers will be needed to fill more than 46,000 new jobs related to the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines (he...
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10-01-08
The Pearson Foundation Partners with College Bookstores Across the Country to Support Global Reading Campaign
BOSTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Pearson Foundation is preparing to set a new world record for the largest shared reading experience and raise funds for early education in low-income communities as part of Jumpstart's Read for the Record(R). This year, national c...
