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Stacey Jarrett Wagner: Would You Like A Coffee With That College Education?

Stacey Jarrett Wagner The Jarrettwagner Group
August 27, 2014
As families’ education costs skyrocket and the need for skilled workers keeps business owners up at night, a new model for workforce training has just hit the streets. Starbucks is providing a free college education to thousands of its employees through an online partnership with Arizona State University. Open to all of Starbuck’s U.S.
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Dane Linn: Evolution at Work

Dane Linn Business Roundtable
August 21, 2014
As the old saying goes, everyone complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. So it seems, sometimes, when it comes to the very real and persistent skills gap that drags down our entire economy. For those unaware of the term, the skills gap refers to the split between the kinds of skills that employers are looking for in their workers and those that job candidates actually possess.
 
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Debbie Sterling: Promoting STEM in the Pink Toy Aisle

Debbie Sterling Goldieblox
August 19, 2014
If you take a stroll down the “pink” aisle at the toy store, you’ll come across princesses, dress-up kits and dolls. With an abundance of these popular items, it’s no wonder research shows that girls lose interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields as early as age 8. While all of these items are a great way for girls to interact and imagine, it’s time for us to alter the way we think about toys for girls.
 
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GE Foundation Announces $20MM Commitment to Maternal and Child Health Programs in Africa

August 04, 2014

FAIRFIELD, Conn. --- Today the GE Foundation announced a USD$20MM commitment to advance maternal and child health in Africa, through the extension of programs that address Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. The commitment supports developing countries in implementing simple and sustainable solutions for maternal health and child survival rates, and strengthening regional health systems.

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GE Technology Enables More Vibrant Display in Tablets, Smartphones, and Televisions

July 24, 2014

Research breakthrough will vastly improve color and crispness of images on LED devices

NISKAYUNA, NY, July, 24, 2014 -- GE announced today a research breakthrough that will vastly improve the color and crispness of images displayed on LED devices -- everything from cell phones and tablets to televisions. Scientists at GE Lighting and GE Global Research developed a phosphor powder that, when packaged inside an LED, push the picture quality of LED electronics to new heights.

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Time to Reinvent Business-Education Partnerships in America

Jan W Rivkin Harvard Business School
July 14, 2014

Today, business leaders support schools through efforts that are generous, well-intended, effective at alleviating the symptoms of a weak educational system, but fundamentally inadequate for helping to strengthen the system. Consequently, it’s time for America’s business leaders to reinvent how they partner with educators to support our students and improve our schools. That is the central message emerging from a year-long study by the faculty of Harvard Business School’s U.S.

Access to Quality—The New Education Gap

Brian K Bridges United Negro College Fund
Deborah A Elam GE
July 07, 2014

Despite all-time highs for graduation rates, significant education gaps still persist. We have seen improvements in equal access to elementary and secondary education, yet there is still more that needs to be done to increase opportunities for students to attend college by better preparing them for post-secondary education.

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What is a National Innovation System and Why Does it Matter?

Robert D Atkinson Information Technology And Innovation Foundation
July 03, 2014
In the conventional view, innovation is something that just takes place idiosyncratically in “Silicon Valley garages” and research and development (R&D) laboratories. But in fact, innovation activities are best understood as being embedded in a broader national innovation system (NIS), which is central to innovation-based growth and the ultimate health of an economy.
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7 Reasons to be Optimistic about Africa

Michael Hastings Kpmg International
May 08, 2014
When I meet young Africans who have graduated from overseas universities, I’m struck by their excitement for Africa. They have a vision for their countries of origin, and a passion to return to, and invest in, their homelands. This new desire for engagement is a sign of incredible optimism and hope. There are many other signs of hope.
1. A communication revolution, a data revolution
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How to Introduce Entrepreneurship Within a Young Democracy

Tom Kadala Atc Inc
May 06, 2014
During a recent Charlie Rose interview, Christine Lagarde, the president of the IMF (International Monetary Fund), shared her views with a packed audience of international economists in Washington D.C. on how young democracies such as South Africa or Malaysia commonly have fragile dual economies operating in parallel, one run by the ‘haves’ or wealthy, while the other by the ‘have nots’ or the impoverished.
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