Honoring our Mission, Evolving our Model Beeta Ansari in Uncategorized • October 30, 2020 If you are reading this blog, it’s likely that you are someone who is both inspired by the vision of higher education as a driver of changemaking and a member of the Ashoka U community. In just 12 years, Ashoka U has selected 51 Changemaker Campuses globally, engaged 600 colleges and universities in Ashoka U […]
FAQs About Ashoka U’s Next Phase of Strategy Beeta Ansari in Uncategorized • October 30, 2020 For questions about: Ashoka U’s Next Phase of Strategy– refer to questions 1-3 Changemaker Campus – refer to questions 4-7 Exchange – refer to questions 8-13 Additional engagement opportunities – refer to questions 14-16 Strategy FAQs 1. What is Ashoka U’s next phase of strategy? In the coming months, we will be transitioning Ashoka […]
Educadores Changemaker se conectan en todo México Emily Lamb in Changemaker Campus • October 14, 2020 Somos más capaces de generar un impacto cuando trabajamos juntos. Este es un principio fundamental del trabajo de los agentes de cambio y en la formación de los agentes de cambio. Change Leaders de los tres campus Changemaker de México (Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla o UPAEP, Tecnológico de Monterrey Guadalajara y Universidad de Monterrey o UDEM), incorporan esta noción en sus modelos educativos a través del diseño y […]
SSIR & Ashoka U Series: Innovating Higher Education for the Greater Good Angie Fuessel, EdD in Uncategorized • August 5, 2020 This series, presented in collaboration with SSIR & Ashoka U, will highlight a number of case studies from leaders in higher education, presenting stories, strategies, and lessons in rewiring higher education’s purpose, relevance, and business models. You’ll read about everything from large research institutions, small liberal arts colleges, community colleges, […]
An Open Letter to our Community on Racial Justice Marina Kim in Uncategorized • June 2, 2020 This week, we join the many millions who are grieving the loss of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and David McAtee, and countless other of Black men and women who have died at the hands of systemic racism and injustice. Their deaths happened against a backdrop of a global pandemic that has amplified a […]
13 Calls to Action for Leading Systems Change On Campus for Impact: Reflections from the 2020 Ashoka U Senior Leaders’ Experience Angie Fuessel, EdD in Best Practices, Social Innovation • May 5, 2020 “Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” -Peter Drucker Senior leaders on college and university campuses around the world are being tested like never before, both individually and institutionally. That’s why when we convened senior leaders virtually in a special track at the 2020 Ashoka U […]
HEC Montréal Recognized as Ashoka U Changemaker Campus Emily Lamb in Changemaker Campus • May 4, 2020 May 3, 2020 – Ashoka U recently recognized HEC Montréal as an Ashoka U Changemaker Campus during the virtual 2020 Ashoka U Exchange on April 17. The recognition was accepted by HEC Montréal Director, Federico Pasin. It is the result of a rigorous, multi-year process and recognizes the institution’s commitment to social innovation and changemaking […]
Virtual Poster Session Celebrating Award Finalists Jessica Lax in Best Practices, Resources • April 13, 2020 You’re invited to interact with our ten finalists for the Ashoka U #MillionsofChangemakers award from April 14th-17th in our virtual poster session. The award recognizes the initiatives that have the greatest potential to spark #MillionsofChangemakers if adopted across higher education. The award winners were selected from 73 commitments that were made as part of the […]
Old Normal to New Normal: Our opportunity for equitable innovation and resilience Marina Kim in Social Innovation • April 7, 2020 Making sense of our changing reality The past few weeks and months have become a blur for many of us – reading news articles, grieving the lives lost, and making sense of what COVID-19 means for our families, organizations, and communities. In this survival mode, our physical, emotional, and organizational systems are on overload. Not […]
Changemaking in the time of Coronavirus Jessica Lax in Ashoka U Team, Best Practices, Resources • April 7, 2020 It has become incredibly clear that the current moment of uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic is not only unprecedented in the world, but also in higher education. It has forced, almost overnight, a huge transition that is unlike anything campuses have done before. Amid the stories of rapid change, we have also seen an […]