On U.S. Campuses, Free Inquiry Is Taking a Beating
…article. Evaluate it. What do you think of the research?” Who do you think finds lots of flaws in that research study? Coffee drinkers! But not just any coffee drinkers….
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Fall 2017 – Battle Creek Alchemy
Prior to chemistry, there was alchemy, the Middle-Age practice of combining mixtures of substances together, along with incantation, in search of elixirs of life. In the modern era we use…
Parenting the Privileged
…your check and graduate you. Money can buy anything you want.” The legacy of great wealth also has the potential to overwhelm young people’s search for identity, a search that…
The Calculating Philanthropy of Silicon Valley
…instance, SiliconValley luminaries like Larry Ellison, Peter Thiel, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and others have put up billions tofund “life-extension” research. “Death makes me very angry,” Ellison has said….
Philanthropic Quotes
…American tradition: that every individual is worthy, and no one is trapped by their circumstance. Condoleezza Rice Back to Top The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities—a…
Progressive Philanthropists Forget a Century’s Worth of Lessons
…activity.” But large digital platforms enable millions of small businesses to reach customers across the country and around the globe. Amazon and Facebook’s marketplaces and Google’s ‘Near Me’ search results…
What Donors Can Learn from Succession Planning in Business
…intent long after their death. They often begin and end the search for their philanthropic successor by selecting family because they feel their philanthropy is a form of inheritance. While…
From Snowy Egrets to Jungle Gardens
…went into the swamps in search of nests of the snowy herons to get some young so that I could try to save these beautiful birds from being exterminated by the…
John Rockefeller Sr.
…of small, scattershot contributions, he preferred to make large donations to institutions that he believed had great promise. “The best philanthropy,” he wrote, “is constantly in search of finalities—a search…
Philanthropy Roundtable Announces Christie Herrera as New President and CEO
WASHINGTON – Philanthropy Roundtable announced today that its board of directors has unanimously chosen Christie Herrera as the organization’s next president and CEO after conducting a national search. Effective immediately,…
Ian Rowe on “Our American Stories”: My Coming of Agency Moment
…from Jamaica to the United States in search of a better life in the 1960s and how his mother’s coming of agency story as a young black woman in Jamaica…
The McGowan Fellows Program: Molding Future Leaders, Respecting Donor Intent
… In a recent op-ed, Korn Ferry, the nation’s largest search firm, said corporate search committees are demanding clear evidence of their executive candidates’ ethical behavior. In addition, Korn Ferry…