Despite having a higher GPA on average than their peers, 52 percent of student-parents leave college within six years without completing their degree. More often than not, pregnant and parenting students don’t see their needs and circumstances reflected in course...
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Watch: Michelson 20MM’s Cailyn Nagle Talks Campaign Planning and Textbook Affordability at Student Senate Conference
Cailyn Nagle explored the overarching principles that helped students succeed in their efforts to expand the use of free open course materials and defend student interests in the textbook marketplace. Cailyn Nagle, Michelson 20MM Foundation’s Open Educational...
Transforming Basic Needs Supports In California Higher Education
Postsecondary credentials are necessary to access living wage jobs, but for millions of Californians these credentials remain out of reach due to inadequate support for student basic needs. As part of the 2021-2022 budget, California has invested millions of dollars...
Making Life a Little Less Unfair
Jerry Sullivan, former LA Business Journal editor who now runs his own media outlet called SullivanSays SoCal, interviews Michelson Philanthropies founder and co-chair Dr. Gary K. Michelson about the work of each of the foundations he has established under the...
Phillip Kim Discusses Michelson Impact Ventures on SullivanSays
By Justin Chapman Michelson Impact Ventures is a social change fund deploying impact investment capital into early-stage, purpose-driven, for-profit startups. Jerry Sullivan, former LA Business Journal editor who now runs his own media outlet called...
Phillip Kim Talks Impact Investing on SullivanSays Podcast
Jerry Sullivan, former LA Business Journal editor who now runs his own media outlet called SullivanSays SoCal, interviews Michelson Impact Ventures Managing Director Phillip Kim about Michelson’s 50-company portfolio and social impact investment philosophy—doing well...
Alya Michelson Discusses Uplifting the Voices of Immigrant Women on SullivanSays Podcast
Michelson Philanthropies’ FirstGen Initiative, founded by Alya Michelson, aims to uplift the voices, journeys, and contributions of immigrant women. By Justin Chapman Michelson Philanthropies’ FirstGen Initiative, founded by Alya Michelson, aims to uplift the...
Phillip Kim Discusses Textbook Affordability on SullivanSays Podcast
By Justin Chapman California Governor Gavin Newsom recently called the college textbook industry a “racket” as the cost of textbooks has become a barrier to success and completion of degrees for California’s 2.1 million community college students. For ten years,...
MFA’s Judy Bellack Discusses Pet-Inclusive Housing on SullivanSays Podcast
By Justin Chapman Michelson Found Animals Foundation (MFA), together with the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI), recently released their Pet-Inclusive Housing Initiative (PIHI) report, which found that rental housing owner-operators can benefit financially...
Uplifting the Voices of Immigrant Women
Jerry Sullivan, former LA Business Journal editor who now runs his own media outlet called SullivanSays SoCal, interviews Michelson Philanthropies co-chair Alya Michelson about the FirstGen Initiative’s efforts to reshape the narrative of immigrant women. AUDIO...
Making Textbooks More Affordable
Jerry Sullivan, former LA Business Journal editor who now runs his own media outlet called SullivanSays SoCal, interviews Michelson 20MM Foundation CEO Phillip Kim about the campaign to make textbooks more affordable for community college students. AUDIO ...
Judy Bellack Highlights the Pet-Inclusive Housing Initiative
Jerry Sullivan, former LA Business Journal editor who now runs his own media outlet called SullivanSays SoCal, interviews Michelson Found Animals Foundation's multifamily housing industry consultant Judy Bellack to highlight the Pet-Inclusive Housing Initiative...