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Fueled by a promise, Michigan students dream big0
- Making a Positive Difference
- June 21, 2013
Students and parents nationwide are worried about how they will pay for college tuition, but one city in Michigan has provided a way to ease these financial worries. Every student who graduates from a high school in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is given a scholarship and a chance at achieving their dream of an affordable college education.
READ MOREFTC Wants Data Brokers, Brands to Know Less About Who You Really Are0
- Consumer Alerts
- May 28, 2014
Have you ever wondered how marketing data companies are able to collect highly personal information about you that is then sold to companies looking to target new customers? The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants to crack down on how that data is collected.
READ MOREFrontline: Digital Nation0
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- June 21, 2012
The brave new world of digital technology was originally explored in Digital Nation, a documentary made for PBS's Frontline two years ago in 2010. PBS decided to re-air the program this week, finding it to be just as topical and relevant now as when it first aired. Watching it today, Digital Nation serves as a
READ MOREFrom The Classroom To The Big Wide World, Empathy Matters0
- Home & Family
- August 28, 2013
We need to teach children that empathy matters, so organizations such as Ashoka are heading to classrooms to do just that. Ashoka celebrates “Changemaker Schools” that reinforce empathy, including Mission Hill School in Boston, the Inspired Teaching School in Washington, D.C. and Lake Forest Park Elementary in Seattle. “It helps us to identify the good work
READ MOREFrom Chennai to Chicago, Tough Times Taught Her to be Kind0
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- July 11, 2011
By Lee Kravitz The greatest thing about writing an inspirational memoir is hearing back from readers who exemplify the book’s core values. I am nominating Uma Girish, 46, a native of Chennai, India, to be the first reader in the My Unfinished Business Hall of Fame. Uma sent me a terrific story about how she
READ MOREFriends of a Certain Age: Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30?0
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- July 25, 2012
Finding people you want to spend time with can be a challenge when life gets in the way. Rebecca G. Adams, a professor of sociology and gerontology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, explains the phenomenon like this: As external conditions change (people coupling off, having kids, changing jobs, etc.), it simply becomes
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