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Startup Spotlight | Gooroo
In America, private tutoring has traditionally been limited to students from affluent households who can afford to pay for individual instruction. But Gooroo is here to change all that. The Manhattan-based startup is on a mission to connect students from all economic...
Village Capital Startup Spotlight | CosmoSafe
The Michelson 20MM Foundation is partnering with Village Capital to support their Future of Work & Learning 2019 program. Innovation in learning and workforce development has been a focus area for Michelson 20MM foundation since its inception, and we are excited...
A Q&A with James Glapa-Grossklag on How Expensive Textbooks and OER Impact Students
James Glapa-Grossklag is Dean of Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning at College of the Canyons. He previously served as President of the Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER), President of the Directors of Educational...
Interview with Max Lubin, CEO of RISE
An Interview with Max Lubin on How Rise Advocates for College Students at State Capitols: Max Lubin is the CEO of Rise, a student-led advocacy organization on a mission to ensure that the cost of higher education never prevents students from pursuing their...
U.S. PIRG Receives Spark Grant for Study on Textbook Publishers Automatic Billing Practices
To kick off Phase 2 of the Michelson Spark Grant program the Michelson 20MM Foundation is proud to announce we will be awarding U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund a $15,000 grant to produce a research paper on the automatic billing framework, also known as “inclusive access”, recently adopted by major textbook publishers.
Student Grantee Featured in SJSU Library Newsletter
Check out our OER Student Advocate Jenifer Vang's feature in San Jose State University's Fall 2019 Academic Gateway newsletter published by the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library! Jenifer is one of the leaders of our grant funded student group building an...