#SocEntChat on Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education with Michael Horn

Do you have an opinion about what disruption innovations there are in Higher Education? Are you interested in what kinds of barriers there are to bring innovations to colleges and universities? Are you curious about what initiatives are most cutting … Continue reading

Lynn Price on Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education: Bust Out and Make It Happen!

By Danielle Barbeau, graduate student at University of San Diego and member of the Ashoka U Live team. Lynn Price, of Denver, Colorado, is an Ashoka Fellow, author of the book Vision For A Change: A Social Entrepreneur’s Insights From … Continue reading

Jane Turner and Benhür Oral, creatively incorporating social entrepreneurship in the classroom

By Brian McCollow, senior student at Arizona State University and member of the Ashoka U Live team. This is the third in a series of posts featuring Ashoka U Exchange participants discussing “Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education.” This week we … Continue reading

Stacey Williams on the Disruption Needed in Higher Education: Breaking out of the box

By Danielle Barbeau, graduate student at University of San Diego and member of the Ashoka U Live team. This is the second in a series of posts featuring Ashoka U Exchange participants discussing “Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education.” This week … Continue reading

Change the World, One Healthy Meal at a Time: Launch TABLE FOR TWO (TFT) On Your College Campus!

By Fumi Tosu, Co-President, TABLE FOR TWO USA Did you know that the average American consumes over 3,800 calories a day? Imagine if you could take some of those excess calories and transport them halfway across the world, to a … Continue reading

Laura White on the Disruption Needed in Higher Education: Empathy

By Amy Holiday, senior at Tulane University and member of the Ashoka U Live Team This is the first of a series of posts featuring Exchange participants and their understanding of “Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education”. This week we will … Continue reading

Q&A: Ron Cordes on the Ashoka U – Cordes Innovation Awards

By Marina Kim, Director, Ashoka U Along with his wife Marty, Ron Cordes is the Co-Founder of the Cordes Foundation. He is also a Regent of the University of the Pacific, as well as Chairman of the Advisory Board for … Continue reading

Babson College: Social Entrepreneurs Action Learning Network

By Erin Krampetz, Community Director, Ashoka U Many students seek to become social entrepreneurs after they graduate, but few of them receive support to do so. The Babson Social Entrepreneurs Action Learning Network (SEALN) pairs students with faculty and peers … Continue reading

Why next generation? We need a new generation.

By Erin Krampetz, Community Director, Ashoka U As a co-director of Ashoka’s University program, I was eager to see Ashoka’s President, Diana Wells, receive the honor of Changemaker Campus George Mason University’s inaugural Social Innovation Champion Award as part of … Continue reading

Go Ahead, Use Your Mobile In Class

Submitted by Roshan Paul from the Amani Institute blog. The first thing Anya Kamenetz said when she took the stage at a talk at the Center for American Progress to promote her new book was: “The book is up online … Continue reading