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Nonprofits differ from corporations by being more mission-oriented, focusing on social impact rather than capital gains. Still, nonprofits can learn from how business operates. As Dr. Frederick Hicks explains, running nonprofits like a business—particularly on the technology side—can lead to a much greater social impact and fulfillment. As CIO for the Early Learning Coalition of […]

The future is already here. It’s just not very evenly distributed. So wrote William Gibson in 1993. A sci-fi writer of some renown, he is even credited with coining the term “cyberspace,” which, of course, is sci-fact. Anyway … Joseph Hemway, CIO and vice president of infotech at the Pratt Institute, is one to quote […]

It’s always been home to Farrah Jernigan and she can’t imagine anywhere else she could be. She knows the streets, stores, courthouse square and homes of Hallettsville, Texas. “The City of Hospitality,” as it’s called, is where she and her husband are raising their family and rooting for the Hallettsville High School Brahmas on Friday […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated industries across the country and the world. It has shut down professional and collegiate sports, movies and television productions. Unemployment is at a record high. If there’s one silver lining, says Feng Hou, it’s that the outbreak has accelerated the digital transformation in higher education. “What’s happening now isn’t anything […]

The technology industry has been productive and satisfying for Fernando Thompson, and he’d encourage young people to give it consideration for their own good, as well as for the greater world. More on that later. At any rate, he reminds there’s no avoiding info-tech no matter what line of work today’s students choose, and their […]

Five years after Frankie J. Jackson set out to make Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District an IT exemplar in the Lone Star State, it might not quite be appropriate to say mission accomplished. That’s never the case when the ever-evolving matter of education is concerned. But Cypress-Fairbanks, the third largest Texas school district, indeed continues to […]

Two years ago, New York City School Support Services didn’t exist. Then, in the middle of 2016, Mayor Bill de Blasio handed the maintenance and custodial contracts for the city’s 1,500 schools over to the non-profit start-up. The growing organization would need to expand—and fast, in order to avoid a disruption in its essential services, […]