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Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative
WEBINAR: Achieving Postsecondary Success for Parents: A New Partnership and Report Recommendations
Parents know what researchers have documented: Education, especially postsecondary education, is the most promising path for families toward this econ...
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BlogNovember 8, 2018
Brittany Block
Omidyar Network: Why We Invested in Ascend
This blog is cross-posted from Omidyar Network’s publication, Positive Returns – visit the original post here. Photo credit to Kate Ruth P...
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BlogNovember 1, 2018
Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative
Announcing New Partnership to Advance Student Parents
NEWS RELEASE Contact: Lindsay Broyhill Ascend at the Aspen Institute Tel: 202.721.5596 lindsay.broyhill@aspeninstitute.org New Aspen Institute Partner...
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PressNovember 1, 2018
Aspen Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative stat
A Powerful Catalytic New Initiative for Students Who Are Parents
What does it take for a postsecondary student – who happens to be raising a child – to earn a credential that will lead to a career and economic m...
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BlogNovember 1, 2018
Aspen Trees
WEBINAR: Supporting Justice-Involved Families
In September, Ascend held the third in a series of Masterclass Webinars for our national Network. The webinar, “The Power of Reentry: Supporting Jus...
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BlogOctober 4, 2018
Carrie Morgridge book talk
Q&A with Philanthropist and Author Carrie Morgridge
This summer, author Carrie Morgridge, Vice President and Chief Disruptor of the Morgridge Family Foundation, released her newest book, The Spirit of t...
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BlogOctober 1, 2018