…networks, we’ve come across a handful of programs that deploy some form of relationship mapping as a core strategy. For example, Big Picture Learning, a national nonprofit that supports internship-based…
…graduation rates, particularly among historically underserved students, emphasize access to information over connection. Click To Tweet Information and checklists aren’t an antidote to despair Community and hope might sound overly…
…for example, directly asks students to agree or disagree with the following statement: “I feel comfortable asking my advisor questions related to my application process.” The Search Institute has also…
…workforce system. Many programs don’t understand the transformational power of social capital and the “forever people” in job-seekers’ lives. By neglecting to understand each of these assets, there is little…
…many things; accessing both support networks and professional connections can be difficult or outright impossible due to factors ranging from geography to cost to exclusive, hard-to-break-into networks. Critical to understanding…
…social capital research is social–it requires a community of bright, humble, and dedicated people who work tirelessly to deepen and diversify students’ networks. That community is also critical in strengthening…
…average of 38 minutes per year. Even more troubling are the profound gaps between rich and poor students’ access to mentors in general: according to Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam,…
Edtech entrepreneurs around the world have keyed into the enormous potential for edtech to disrupt the traditional content and assessment market. But with a laser-like focus on academic tools, entrepreneurs…
…and compassionate” with peers who weren’t their friends. Practicing these communication skills with both peers and trusted adults prepared students with the knowledge, composure, and confidence to communicate with professionals….
…prove powerful complements to wrap around and leverage these ‘micro’ work opportunities in combination with full-fledged internships as well. Such support models could help students navigate what are likely to…
…barriers. As a result, these innovations don’t compete head-to-head with leading companies and products, but instead compete against nonconsumption—where the only alternative is nothing at all. These pockets of nonconsumption…
…not intimate, close connections. As evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar recently found, even people with upward of 1,000 “friends” on Facebook only consider a fraction of those connections to be actual…
…a pathway to individual and community opportunity for thousands of low- and moderate-income Boston residents. Through the app, UCB members can earn small financial rewards for the time spent volunteering…
…outcomes—both critical data points needed for sustainable scaling—isn’t accomplished in a wide-ranging, mostly homogenous RCT; but, rather, through peer-to-peer communications and dialogue. In short, when it comes to innovations powered…
