Announcing the 2019 Exchange Keynote Speakers Beeta Ansari in Ashoka, Exchange, Social Innovation, Uncategorized • January 24, 2019 Why do ordinary people need to understand power? In an age of rapid change, what is a critical next step for the future of higher education? How do changemaker movements happen – and why is it incredibly important for aspiring changemakers to understand? These are just some of the questions leading innovators and thinkers […]
4 Reasons To Present at the 2019 Exchange Emily Lamb in Exchange, Social Innovation • September 19, 2018 Over the years, we’ve found that a Changemaker Institution comes in many shapes and sizes. It can be a 300-student college on a remote island or a community college with 100,000-students spread across eight campuses in a metropolitan city. Size, location, and even budget doesn’t define a Changemaker Institution. Rather, we often see that changemaking […]
How Do You Make Changemaking a Daily Practice? Emily Lamb in Ashoka, Exchange, Social Innovation • May 30, 2018 “Universities, it seems to me, should model something for students besides individual excellence… They should model social excellence as well as personal achievement… If institutions that purport to educate young people don’t embody society’s cherished ideals – community, cooperation, harmony, love – then what young people will learn will be the standards institutions do embody: […]
Announcing #Exchange2018 Keynote Speakers Emily Lamb in Exchange • March 7, 2018 We are proud to officially announce the keynote speakers of the 2018 Ashoka U Exchange. This year the keynote stage will feature 11 visionary social innovators, all from a variety of fields, but all with deep ties to social impact in action across society.
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.
5 Reasons You Don’t Want to Miss The Exchange Jessica Lax in Exchange • August 9, 2017 As we prepare to open our call for proposals on August 15th, I spent some time reflecting on the Exchange feedback I’ve heard from our community. Here are five reasons I heard that explain why people keep coming back year after year.