Word: nonprofiteers
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...nearly $4,000 in personal savings to dramatize the situation of the homeless during a French pre-electoral season in which poverty seems conspicuously absent from the political debate. Since then, additional homeless people have flocked to the site to take up residence in tents provided by other nonprofit organizations. The canal-side site was chosen, explains Jean-Baptiste Legrand, because "it's one of the few places where authorities couldn't send the police in to break it up without chasing the homeless into the water...
...World, they flew to Salt Lake City to learn how it was run. Cerreta, in turn, spent a month helping the Birkys prepare for opening. One World has had more than 25 inquiries from others around the country interested in starting a similar caf?. Recently, the caf? formed a nonprofit www.oneworldeverybodyeats.comaimed at helping others replicate such a venture...
...think if Harvard’s own history is any guide, it has had better luck with presidents recruited from the inside,” says Peter D. Hall, a lecturer on nonprofit organizations at the Kennedy School of Government. “A lot has to do with the unique institutional cultures of Harvard. You really have to know the ropes...
...also improve critical-thinking, problem-solving and communication abilities through team projects. Last spring the legislature overwhelmingly approved the new graduation rules-all of which take effect with next fall's freshman class. "They are among the most rigorous requirements in the country," says Michael Cohen, president of the nonprofit education think tank Achieve Inc. Some forward-thinking schools have already begun to incorporate the new approach. Here's a look at how three Michigan schools are preparing their students for the challenges of the 21st century...
...This is huge," says Beth Givens, director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse [privacyrights.org], a nonprofit consumer advocacy group based in San Diego. "It affects almost everyone who has come into contact with UCLA, and puts them at risk for identity theft." A university representative told TIME.com that the compromised data stretches back as far as 12 to 15 years, so the hack attack could affect a significant number of people beyond those presently at the university, including those who attended UCLA or worked there in the 1990s, and possibly even those who simply applied for admission or financial aid. Givens...