Vivek Wadhwa, Richard Freeman, and Ben Rissing Education and Tech Entrepreneurship The popular image of American tech entrepreneurs is that they come from elite universities: some graduate and start companies in their garages; others drop out of college to start their business careers. The dot-com boom reinforced the image of technology CEOs being young and brash. But, even though Bill Gates and Steve Jobs founded

Lance Croffoot-Suede and Diana Good Camfed Governance: Accounting to the Girl One of the major challenges in international development is to deliver aid effec- tively: how does a non-governmental organization promote and support service provision in impoverished communities in a lasting and effective way? This paper explores one NGO’s—Camfed’s—model for governance in the delivery of girls’ education. Camfed has developed a governance model to deliver

David H. Eddy Spicer The Ingenuity Gap Revisited Innovations Case Discussion: Science-Lab Collective intelligence involves a transformation in the way we think about human capability. It suggests that all are capable rather than a few; that intelligence is multiple rather than a matter of solving puzzles with only one right answer; and that our human qualities for imagination and emotional engagement are as important as

Heike Schettler Playing Catch-Up in German Early Science Education with Science-Lab Innovations Case Narrative: Science-Lab The poor results shown for German students in international studies that com- pared student achievement in various fields came as a shock to the different con- stituent groups in Germany, such as parents, educational professionals, and politi- cians. The German government has generally considered its education system superior to those

Candace Nelson Financial Education for All Ages Innovations Case Discussion: Aflatoun While it is easy to argue that financial literacy is key to individual financial stabil- ity and societal financial inclusion of the poor, it is harder to identify who is responsible for achieving it. Traditionally, financial education has been the domain of the family, but as Aflatoun founder Jeroo Billimoria has stated, parents caught

Jeroo Billimoria Empowering Children Through Social and Financial Education Innovations Case Narrative: Aflatoun At the root of economic and social inequality lies a lack of knowledge and skills about rights and responsibilities, preceded by a status quo of financial exclusion of the poor. Furthermore, impoverished parents raise their children in the same cir- cumstances of inequality in which they grew up. In a world that

Evangeline Harris Stefanakis Stepping India in the Right Direction Innovations Case Discussion: iDiscoveri When I was asked to comment on this educational innovation in India, I was thrilled to learn about a student-centered reform that has had clear, sustainable outcomes. Indeed, this market-driven school “franchise” has achieved stunning results in some schools by cracking a code and addressing social issues, which India’s massive public education

Fernando Reimers Building Entrepreneurial Organizations to Make Learning in School Relevant Innovations Case Discussion: iDiscoveri The chronicle of the journey of the iDiscoveri team as they developed the XSEED Living Knowledge System, an approach to improving the quality of education in India, demonstrates that there is room for entrepreneurs to innovate in education and to help fill the gap in the quality of education. This

Anustup Nayak, with Shweta Arora and Himanshu Joshi A Million Children Now! Transforming School Education in India through the iDiscoveri XSEED Living Knowledge System Innovations Case Narrative: iDiscoveri In India, 220 million children are going to school. A majority of them end up with- out mastering core concepts, miss the opportunity to apply knowledge to real life problems, and fail to develop the confidence they

Peter McPherson, Howard Gobstein, and David Shulenburger Funding and the Future of U.S. Public Research Universities Innovation through research is a critical element to a nation’s success in the high- ly competitive global marketplace. University research provides the base from which an important part of the most competitive innovations arise. The modern research university, with synergy flowing from a mix of research, graduate study and

Gigi Georges and Stephen Goldsmith Leading Social Innovation Innovation is capturing the imagination of many of us who seek a better path for solving social problems—whether our perspective is from private enterprise, gov- ernment, or civil society. While creative, passionate individuals from all sectors have always designed new approaches to help meet our toughest challenges, the difference today is that legacy organizations and government are

Luis M. Proenza Relevance, Connectivity, and Productivity Three Paths to Innovation in Higher Education “Seismic rumbles of change” are currently plunging universities and industries into cross-currents that are transforming traditional paradigms for research and higher education—not to mention the relationships among academia, industry, government, and the public.1 In this challenging context, it is intriguing to contem- plate how innovation will change the nature of U.S.