Video: Carol Coletta on How Cities Reap Rewards of Degree Attainment

Carol Coletta delivers the stats on just how much money a city makes off of every college degree. From her work with CEOs For Cities, she shows how even a 1% improvement in degree attainment results in economic boost.

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Video: JP Rangaswami on The Nature of Platforms

JP Rangaswami, tech visionary and chief scientist at BT Group, considers the nature of platforms. From airports to Facebook, single-purpose endeavors scale to multi-purpose marketplaces where people do more than expected.

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Video: Cameron Sinclair on Making an Impact with Architecture

Cameron Sinclair describes the work of Architecture for Humanity, citing the global need for basic education as the driver of innovative school projects. The bottom line for DGREE is that if you want kids to go to college, you need schools for them to go to first.

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Lumina: Strategic Plan

The mission of Lumina Foundation for Education is to expand access and success in education beyond high school, particularly among adults, first-generation college going students, low-income students and students of color. This mission is directed toward a single big goal — to increase the percentage of Americans with high-quality degrees to 60 percent by the year 2025.

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