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Convening Open Education Leaders Around the Globe

Convening Open Education Leaders Around the Globe

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...

Race and Digital Inequity: The Impact on Poor Communities of Color

Race and Digital Inequity: The Impact on Poor Communities of Color

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...

High-Quality College Programming in Prison

High-Quality College Programming in Prison

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: Tribute to a Correctional Education Leader

John Linton: Tribute to a Correctional Education Leader

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...

All-Staff Meeting Highlights Medical Research and Impact Investing

All-Staff Meeting Highlights Medical Research and Impact Investing

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...

Creative Commons: Global Summit on Open Access Celebrates 20 Years

Creative Commons: Global Summit on Open Access Celebrates 20 Years

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,...

The Michelson 20MM Foundation: Open Educational Resources Initiative

The Michelson 20MM Foundation: Open Educational Resources Initiative

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...

College Education in Prisons: A How-To Guide for Corrections Officials

College Education in Prisons: A How-To Guide for Corrections Officials

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...

Digital Inequity in the Black Community

Digital Inequity in the Black Community

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...

How to Start a College Education Program in Prison

How to Start a College Education Program in Prison

Heather Gay, education manager at the Michigan Department of Corrections and president-elect of the Correctional Education Association (CEA) discusses the importance of the RAND Corporation guide for corrections officials.   This article was published on...

Spark Grantee California Justice Leaders Shares Alumni Updates

Spark Grantee California Justice Leaders Shares Alumni Updates

Alumni Donald Wilson, Joshua Thomas, and Lucy Bobenrieth share their post-California Justice Leaders (CJL) program updates.     This blog post was published on 20mm.org. In 2019, the Michelson 20MM Foundation awarded a Spark Grant to Impact Justice for its...

Cailyn Nagle Joins the Michelson 20MM Foundation as OER Program Manager

Cailyn Nagle Joins the Michelson 20MM Foundation as OER Program Manager

“Open education means not only removing one of the barriers to access higher education, but removing the walls to knowledge, both in its creation and distribution,” Cailyn said. “I got involved in social change as a student and have seen firsthand the impact they can...