The Ashoka Collaborations Track: How understanding Ashoka can transform your work Beeta Ansari in Exchange • February 14, 2018 What is Ashoka? We get asked that question a lot. To understand our work as Ashoka U, the higher education initiative of Ashoka, we believe it’s important to start at the beginning: with Ashoka. If we had to sum it up in a sentence we’d say that Ashoka builds networks of changemakers and social innovators […]
2018 Innovation Award Semi-Finalists Luciana Goles Domic in Best Practices, Exchange, Innovation Award, Social Innovation • January 31, 2018 The Innovation Award is Ashoka U’s top honor for premiere higher education programs in social innovation education. It recognizes high impact and highly replicable education innovations, including pioneering teaching models, co-curricular programming, community partnerships, and research. Each initiative goes beyond what is traditionally possible in higher education and creates new ways colleges and universities […]
7 Sessions I’m Excited About at #Exchange2018 Charlotte Vitak in Exchange • January 23, 2018 As an Exchange veteran, I was excited to dig into the just launched 2018 agenda and see what stimulating sessions the team has put together this year. It wasn’t easy, but I chose seven sessions from the many sessions at the Exchange that I can’t wait to attend. These seven sessions showcase the broad range of format, content, and depth that is typical of the Exchange.
40 Conversations About Learning Outcomes Hattie Duplechain in Resources • January 15, 2018 I’ve now conducted more than 40 interviews with people who’ve developed social entrepreneurship, social innovation, and changemaking learning outcomes at institutions across nine countries. And this is just the beginning! Here are three key insights from my conversations to date.
Three practices to make your campus plans a reality in 2018 Jessica Lax in Best Practices • January 7, 2018 Jerrid Kalakay is an ideas guy. Two years ago his ideas led him to emerge as a key player in sparking a deeper changemaker culture across Valencia College. Valencia is a two-year, open access community college in Orlando, Florida. Today, Jerrid and his colleagues are on their way to realizing their vision […]
2017: A Year in Review Marina Kim in Ashoka U Team • January 7, 2018 Dear Friends, As 2017 comes to a close, we wanted to step back and reflect on the past year. It has been a year of many changes and much strife in the world. Increasing levels of polarization and marginalization point to broken social relations and growing distrust between people and across sectors. Ashoka believes that much […]
The Secret to Creating a Compelling Narrative About Your Changemaker Initiative Kathleen Kelly Janus in Best Practices • December 21, 2017 What I’ve found from interviewing countless organization leaders is that great storytelling is more the product of a whole lot of preparation and practice than that of innate talent. As we head into a new semester and a new year, use these tips to create your own narrative for your changemaker initiative.
December News U Can Use Emily Lamb in News U Can Use, Programs, Resources, Social Innovation • December 5, 2017 There are a lot of things we’re excited about these days and we hope you are, too! Just Released – Site Visit locations at the 2018 Ashoka U Exchange Check out this list of inspiring organizations that Ashoka U Exchange attendees will have the opportunity to visit. From tapping the minds of Bridgespan consultants, to […]
3 Critical Questions Changemaker Learning Outcomes Can Help Us Answer Hattie Duplechain in Ashoka U Team, Resources, Uncategorized • November 29, 2017 What does it mean to prepare a student to be a changemaker? At Ashoka U we wrestle with this question all the time and see supporting that line of questioning as a key part of what we do. To that end, we believe it is important to help educators identify and develop learning outcomes for […]
Changemaker Campus Program grows to 45, increasingly Diverse Campuses Angie Fuessel in Changemaker Campus, Uncategorized • November 28, 2017 Ashoka U has designated three new Changemaker Campuses, bringing the total in the Changemaker Campus network to 45 institutions across nine countries. The new campuses are: Georgian College (Georgian), a public college in Barrie, ON, Canada; Royal Roads University (RRU), a public university in Victoria, BC, Canada; and Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD), a private university […]