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The End of the Career as a Stage in Life?
I’ve had several conversations and read several pieces across the web on changing careers, preparing for retirement, and generally, what we’re supposed to be doing with our working lives. I’m an intern and full time PhD student, so I’m still … Continue reading
Posted in Age, Current Issues, Historical Trends, Jobs
Tagged career, employee engagement, flexible labor, life course, precarious labor, retirement
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DonorsChoose Supplement Part 3: Market Corrections
Note: In preparation for the results announcement by DonorsChoose, this series is meant to carve up different issues raised by my work on the DonorsChoose Data and address them directly and more fully. You can find the original announcement and … Continue reading
Posted in Applied Research, Economy, Education, Internet, Nonprofits
Tagged DonorsChoose, Justice, Market Correction, Prediction, Schools
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DonorsChoose Supplement Part 2: Deservingness
Note: In preparation for the results announcement by DonorsChoose, this series is meant to carve up different issues raised by my work on the DonorsChoose Data and address them directly and more fully. You can find the original announcement and … Continue reading
Posted in Civic Engagement, Education, Gender, Public Policy, Theory
Tagged Deservingness, DonorsChoose, Education, Education reform, Justice
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DonorsChoose Summary Part 1: Sociological Insights
Note: In preparation for the results announcement by DonorsChoose, this series is meant to carve up different issues raised by my work on the DonorsChoose Data and address them directly and more fully. You can find the original announcement and … Continue reading
Posted in Applied Research, Civic Engagement, Economy, Education, Internet
Tagged DonorsChoose, Hacking Education, Philanthropy, Sociology
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The Revolutionary Potential of Social Enterprise
Over the past forty years, we’ve become accustomed to the legal, economic, organizational, and moral distinctions between for profit and non-profit enterprises. For-profits, like McDonald’s and Proctor and Gamble, provide goods and services in exchange for money which then gets … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Foundations, Nonprofits, Poverty
Tagged Business, capitalism, L3C, Nonprofit, Philanthropy, Social enterprise
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Predicting Success on DonorsChoose
Using statistical regression methods, I constructed an algorithm that predicts the probability of success for almost every project on DonorsChoose.org within 2-7%. This is the report on how I constructed the prediction models and evaluated the results along with a … Continue reading
Posted in Civic Engagement, Education, Methodology, Technology, Youth
Tagged DonorsChoose, Hacking Education, Prediction
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Civil Sociology 