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Why your local library might be hiring a social worker - MindShift - 0 views

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    For years, libraries have been a place people turn to for information to help them solve problems. But the challenges patrons are dealing with are increasingly beyond the scope of what most librarians are trained to handle - and that's where social workers can fill in the gaps.
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Corporate Board Diversity Increased in 2021. Some Ask What Took So Long. - The New York... - 0 views

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  • California, where many companies are based, passed laws that require greater diversity on corporate boards — and these appear to have had an impact. One, passed in 2018, requires boards of public companies with their principal executive office in the state to have at least two female directors, and the other, passed in 2020, says boards must have one or more directors from an “underrepresented community,” which includes people of several races and ethnic groups and people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. Other states have introduced legislation that would require boards to have a certain number of women.
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Across cultural lines, home schooling has boomed since COVID-19 hit - Virginia Mercury - 0 views

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    African Americans represent the fastest-growing home-schooling demographic nationwide, and Black and Hispanic families have been more likely than Whites to home-school their children during the pandemic, according to a 2020 survey by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The Daily Northwestern | Endowments: What are they good for? - 0 views

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      Elizabeth Merritt on 16 Jun 20
       
      I think he means "liquid," not "illiquid"
  • in this wager against the future, austerity is partly a moral calculus. For funds can grow with compound interest, but so too can ideas.”
  • “If (universities’) goal is to continue into the deep future, then spending more now could better prop up the university’s scholarship-driven mission than hoarding in strict deference to the dollar,” Bernard wrote. “The example of graduate funding illustrates how,
  • rachel999 on 20 Jul 21
     
    Interesting and informative article. Thanks. Endowments can be very helpful. But the nonprofit and should set it up only after a careful conversation and a joint agreement. It so happened that I'm currently writing an essay on the topic. I should say, this source https://writinguniverse.com/free-essay-examples/crime/ includes a lot of useful info, so it helped me. Turning back to endowments, it is important to keep in mind that they are invested in perpetuity and that endowment life insurance policies do not have investment risk or interest rate risk.
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