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 […]
December 2018 News U Can Use Beeta Ansari in Uncategorized • December 6, 2018 Applications Open for Spring ’19 Commons! We’re accepting applications for our next session of theAshoka U Commons, kicking off in February 2019! Know someone advancing your social innovation ecosystem and would thrive in our 4-month virtual acceleration environment? Encourage them to apply here or contact Commons Manager, Ali Fraenkel, with questions. Applications are open until January 16, 2019. What’s […]
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 […]
September News U Can Use Emily Lamb in Ashoka, News U Can Use, Resources • September 5, 2018 2019 Ashoka Exchange: Session Proposal Deadline is Approaching! Session proposals for the 2019 Exchange “Beyond Boundaries and Borders: Expanding Possibilities for the Future of Higher Education” are due September 26 by 6:00pm PT. We’re accepting proposals for best practice sessions, workshops, Big Idea Talks, facilitator roles, and more. Learn more. Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, North Central College […]
June News U Can Use Emily Lamb in News U Can Use • June 22, 2018 Today: Ashoka U‘s Measurement & Evaluation Webinar Calling all social impact educators! Join us today from 12-1pm ET, to discuss ways to evaluate changemaker learning outcomes. Register here. And if you can‘t make it, register anyway and we’ll send you the recording. 2019 Ashoka U Exchange – Dates & Location Announced! Get your sunscreen ready and your calendar marked! We’re headed to San Diego, California for […]
Changemaker Institutions: Re-wiring higher ed Jessica Lax in Best Practices, Social Innovation • June 5, 2018 The current structure of higher education was set up in the late 1800s and early 1900s to meet the needs of the industrial economy. Success was measured by levels of efficiency and productivity. Standardization and hierarchies were the norm as more and more people took roles in factories and on assembly lines. Moving forward more […]
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: […]
Cracking the Hardest Nut – Measuring the impact of your changemaking initiative Ali Fraenkel in Ashoka U Team, Best Practices, Impact Measrement • May 24, 2018 “It is hard to measure what we care about so we end up measuring what we can, this isn’t impact.” – Willy Oppenheim, Founder and Executive Director of Omprakash One element I love about Ashoka’s work is the eagerness to identify and embrace patterns in emerging fields — and translate these patterns to society in […]