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Community colleges are taking the lead in helping older adults find new directions -- and new jobs by KELLY GREENE Ted English, age 62, a restaurant owner in Rapid City, S.D., had been thinking about changing careers, perhaps taking a job in travel or tourism.…

Rendering of a portion of the future Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island, showing the campus lawn, the first academic building (left) and the co-location buidling. Rendering: Luke Yoo/Morphosis By Emily Sanders Hopkins He is Cornell University's biggest donor. Chuck Feeney '56. Image: Fennell Photography…

With President Obama’s signature on 21 July 2010, consumer protections were established and strengthened regulations were put in place that will provide increased oversight and transparency of the financial sector as a whole. Throughout the campaign for financial reform, progressive advocates made sure that the…

Harlem Children's Zone is an Atlantic grantee. by Joe Smydo John Wallace, a professor who's spent more than two years planning the Homewood Children's Village, said his proposal to provide comprehensive social services to neighborhood children could be operational within 18 months. "I think we…

The aspect of The Atlantic Philanthropies in which people have the most interest is not that we are one of the largest foundations in the world – in fact, the largest private funder in the countries in which we operate, outside of the U.S. –…

It is time for Americans to bring together two powerful forces that are often disconnected - the desire to serve and the necessity to take social action to change systems that often give rise to the need for these services, said Gara LaMarche, President and…

NewsHour Special Correspondent for Education John Merrow reports on a program that trains high school students to be entrepreneurs. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/jan-june07/entrepreneurs_01-15.html JOHN MERROW, Special Correspondent for Education: Seventeen-year-old high school senior Yesenia Mercado lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Ahead of her is a very important day.…

Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, delivered this speech at an international conference held by the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Berlin: The Era of Citizens – How Civil Society and Foundations are Shaping the Future. The conference was opened by German…

Joshua Trujillo/AP Images/SeattlePI.comBy Vince StehleThe senseless killing of Trayvon Martin and the not-guilty verdict handed down in the case against George Zimmerman send troubling signals about race, justice, and gun violence in America and give fresh urgency to an important agenda for nonprofits and foundations.America…

by Catherine Gewertz Under enormous pressure to prepare students for a successful future-and fearful that standard school hours don't offer enough time to do so-educators, policymakers, and community activists are adding more learning time to children's lives. This issue is hot right now, said Bela…