The ACCT Leadership Congress is the largest professional development opportunity for community college trustees, presidents, and other thought and policy leaders. By Ryan Erickson-Kulas Last week the Michelson 20MM Foundation had the pleasure of sponsoring, attending,...
Many students struggle to afford textbooks and other course material. They deserve so much more. By Cailyn Nagle It is time to retire “student voice.” I do not mean we should stop listening to the voices of students, but that students deserve so much more than...
Cailyn Nagle dives into the overarching principles surrounding the push for textbook affordability. Expanding the Use of Free Open Course Materials Students across the country have been drivers of the expanding use of free open course materials and have worked...
The Michelson 20MM Foundation is pleased to sponsor the Open Education Global Conference. This online conference focuses on the five UNESCO OER Recommendations: capacity building, policy, access, sustainability, and international cooperation. Originally...
Digital inequity continues to perpetuate intergenerational poverty among poor communities of color by disenfranchising them, limiting their access to health care and education, and stifling economic opportunity and growth. Black and Latino students are 30% to 40% more...
On September 16, 2021, the Michelson 20MM Foundation and the RAND Corporation hosted a panel of diverse experts in the field who discussed RAND’s guide and shared the experience of government, corrections officials, higher education professionals, and researchers....
John Linton, who served as Director of the Office of Correctional Education in the U.S. Department of Education, was a nationally recognized expert in the field of correctional education. This article was published on 20mm.org. On May 15, 2019, John Linton and...
Dr. Wayne Koff, founder and CEO of the Human Immunome Project, discusses the origin of the Michelson Prizes, and Phillip Kim, CEO of Michelson 20MM Foundation, provides an update on the organization’s recent impact venture investments that aim to make the world a...
The Michelson 20MM Foundation is thrilled to support this year’s Creative Commons Global Summit as the Open Education & Open Scholarship track sponsor. "For 20 years, Creative Commons has enriched the information ecosystem by providing educators, creators,...
An overview of the Michelson 20MM Foundation’s work in the field of open educational resources (OER), including our support of OpenStax, research on automatic textbook billing, and expansion of zero-textbook cost degrees. To learn more about Michelson 20MM's OER...
Ensuring high-quality college programming in prison has become a priority as Pell is being reinstated, Second Chance Pell sites are growing, and more states nationwide are removing barriers to funding for college programming in correctional facilities and financial...
Recent federal and state investments in broadband infrastructure open the possibility for innovative approaches to connecting Black and Brown people to the internet. Full blog post on 20MM.org. Digital Inequity in the Black Community: Someday, ‘Things...