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04-09-2016, 04:06 PM
4 ways colleges can empower student entrepreneurs to change the world
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While attending CGI University last weekend for the first time as president of the Clinton Foundation, rather than a university president, I found it hard **t to constantly remind students to study, get some sleep and keep their dorm rooms clean. But I k**w my worries are mostly unfounded — relative to other generations, today’s young people are all right.
In fact, what’s so inspiring to me as an educator is that Generation Y is more concerned about whether others are all right. They are doing things like earning money while distributing solar lights (http://tuftsdaily.com/features/2014/12/01/startup-brings-solar-powered-lighting-nicaraguas-last-mile/) in remote towns in Nicaragua, providing zero-interest loans (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Axy6QeDAM) to low-income fish farmers in Nepal and building apps (http://www.asylumconnect.org/) for LGBTQ asylum seekers in the United States. We’re in the midst of a social entrepreneurship boom that’s being led by millennials, many of whom have yet to graduate. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/09/student-social-entrepreneurs/)
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While attending CGI University last weekend for the first time as president of the Clinton Foundation, rather than a university president, I found it hard **t to constantly remind students to study, get some sleep and keep their dorm rooms clean. But I k**w my worries are mostly unfounded — relative to other generations, today’s young people are all right.
In fact, what’s so inspiring to me as an educator is that Generation Y is more concerned about whether others are all right. They are doing things like earning money while distributing solar lights (http://tuftsdaily.com/features/2014/12/01/startup-brings-solar-powered-lighting-nicaraguas-last-mile/) in remote towns in Nicaragua, providing zero-interest loans (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Axy6QeDAM) to low-income fish farmers in Nepal and building apps (http://www.asylumconnect.org/) for LGBTQ asylum seekers in the United States. We’re in the midst of a social entrepreneurship boom that’s being led by millennials, many of whom have yet to graduate. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/09/student-social-entrepreneurs/)
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