About Us

“It is clear that you have somehow fostered a catalytic force for change at each of the host universities. We need that vision to function as a kind of benign virus. Clearly something is happening that goes beyond what any of us might have thought possible.”

—Edgar Cahn

Ashoka Senior Fellow
Founder, TimeBanks & CareBanks

VISION | Ashoka U envisions a world where colleges and universities everywhere serve as an enabling environment for social entrepreneurship and everyone has access to the learning opportunities, role models, resources and peers needed to actualize their full potential as social entrepreneurs and changemakers.

MISSION | Ashoka U’s mission is to support universities and colleges that seek to be leaders in social entrepreneurship education. We foster and accelerate teaching, research, and action in social entrepreneurship to help institutions set a new standard of excellence in the field.