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This post was written by second year student, Carla Hickman. Carla spent her summer interning with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington. I have always worked in the education sector, and arriving at Fuqua, it was a …

This post was written by second year, Ambika Ahuja.  Ambika interned this summer with the Houston Independent School District through an Education Pioneers fellowship.  Ambika’s internship was supported by CASE’s Summer Internship Fund (learn more about SIF at the bottom …

This post was written by second year student, Julia Houlihan.  Julia interned this summer at Teach for America through an Education Pioneers fellowship. Julia’s internship was made possible with the support of CASE’s Summer Internship Fund (learn more about SIF …

We recently completed another exciting year of CASE’s Global Consulting Practicum in Social Entrepreneurship (GCP). The GCP is a field study course in which teams of Duke MBA students complete projects with social enterprises serving base-of-the-pyramid markets in developing economies. …

This piece was originally published on the blog Accelerating Achievement and is bring reprinted with permission. Accelerating Achievement features news and research from the Developmental Education Initiative, an effort by MDC, a nonprofit in Chapel Hill, N.C., to scale up …

Day seven of the September SCALERS series:  Stimulating Market Forces: “the effectiveness with which the organization can create incentives that encourage people or institutions to pursue private interests while also serving the public good.” (Bloom & Chatterji, 2009) This piece was …

Day six of the September SCALERS series:  Replicating: “the effectiveness with which the organization can reproduce the programs and initiatives that it has originated.” (Bloom & Chatterji, 2009) This piece was originally published on the blog Accelerating Achievement and is bring reprinted with …

Day five of the September SCALERS series:  Earnings-Generation: “the effectiveness with which the organization generates a stream of revenue that exceeds its expenses.” (Bloom & Chatterji, 2009) This piece was originally published on the blog Accelerating Achievement and is bring reprinted with permission. …

Day four of the September SCALERS series: Lobbying: “the  effectiveness with which the organization is able to advocate for government actions that may work in its favor.” (Bloom & Chatterji, 2009) This piece was originally published on the blog Accelerating Achievement and is …

Day three of the September SCALERS series:  Alliance-building: “the effectiveness with which the organization has forged partnerships, coalitions, joint ventures, and other linkages to bring about desired social changes.” (Bloom & Chatterji, 2009) This piece was originally published on the blog Accelerating …