Nonprofit News
Think Fast! Ignite Lincoln’s Grant Rewards Creativity and Brevity
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Could you make the case for your nonprofit in 140 characters or 140 seconds?
Nonprofit News
Harvard Professors Raise Concerns over MOOCs’ Threat to Higher Education
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University professors continue to express hesitation regarding online offerings.
Nonprofit News
Some Professors Want Brakes Put on MOOCs
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Only three percent of university presidents believe Massive Online Open Courses will improve student learning. So, why is everyone pushing for them?
Nonprofit News
Tennessee Rules Megachurch Must Pay Property Tax for Gym and Bookstore
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Is a megachurch gym and bookstore exempt from property taxes? Not according to Tennessee.
Nonprofit News
Stanford Joins MIT and Harvard on Nonprofit Open-Courseware Project
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Stanford teams up with MIT and Harvard for edX, the nonprofit MOOC alternative to Coursera and Udacity.
Philanthropy
Global Pulse Director: “Big Data” Is a Public Good
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Robert Kirkpatrick, director of the Global Pulse initiative, argues it’s time for corporations to donate “big data.”
Nonprofit Management
Survey Sheds Light on Nonprofit Mergers and Collaborations
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A Fairfield County, Conn. survey suggests that the primary benefit of the area’s many nonprofit collaborations and mergers is increased quality and scope of service, not reduced costs.
Nonprofit News
Online Courses Find Favored Business Model But What about Quality?
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Massive open online course (MOOC) provider Coursera recently signed an additional 29 universities, but in the midst of its expansion, it has also hit some stumbling blocks.
Board Governance
The Gates Foundation and Coca Cola at Odds or Legitimate Bedfellows?
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A recent analysis takes nonprofit and public leaders to task for sitting on the boards of major soda companies. Is it a conflict of missions?
Nonprofit News
Online Education: New Business Model or Augmentation of the Old?
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Despite proclamations about massive open online courses delivering free education to poor students worldwide, financiers have made an investment, not a philanthropic gift.