Tag Archives: faculty
Changemaker Day at ITESM Campus Guadalajara
Ashoka U’s newest Changemaker Campus, ITESM Guadalajara is finding new and better ways of inspiring students to think of social problems as opportunities to create change. Last week the campus hosted the very first Changemaker Day, an event that gathered … Continue reading
Ashoka U and Cordes Foundation Recognize 2012 Innovation Award Winners
Ashoka U, Ashoka’s initiative for social innovation in higher education, and the Cordes Foundation, an organization that equips the next generation of social entrepreneurs, recognizes the 2012 Ashoka U – Cordes Innovation Awards winners. The Award highlights teaching and partnership … 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
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
The Crisis In Higher Education
Submitted by Roshan Paul from the Amani Institute blog. If you’ve been reading the news much in America this past year (or talking to me at all), you’ve likely heard about the current crisis in higher education. And the doomsayers … Continue reading
New Changemaker Campuses
University of San Diego, Technológico de Monterrey – Guadalajara, and Middlebury College to join the Changemaker Campus initiative – an elite consortium of leaders in social entrepreneurship education. Changemaker Campuses are colleges and universities collectively striving to ensure that the … Continue reading
How Are You Driving Positive Change at Your University?
Ashoka U will be hosting TEDxAshokaU on Feburary 10, 2012 at Arizona State University and we have reserved two TEDxAshokaU “Wildcard” spots for one student and one staff member from a Changemaker Campus. The theme of TEDxAshokaU will be disruptive … Continue reading
