New School University Program Emphasizes Advocacy
Suzanne Marcus spent five years as a senior official at My Sister’s Place, a Washington shelter for ALSO SEE:Majoring in Philanthropy battered women and their children. In her job, she worked closely with many social-change and community groups to train women to avoid abuse and get help leaving…
By Rebecca Gardyn
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Stanford’s Public-Management Program Emphasizes Social Responsibility
Eric Westendorf wanted to start a school. A former assistant principal and middle-school teacher, Mr. Westendorf ALSO SEE:Majoring in Philanthropy first set his sights on getting a doctorate in education. “But the more I looked into that,” he says, “the more I realized that would make me a stronger…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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A Social-Work School Evolves to Train Charity Leaders
When Andrea Bazan Manson joined with several other residents of Chapel Hill, N.C., to found El Pueblo, a nonprofit ALSO SEE:Majoring in Philanthropy group to help Hispanics, in 1996, she never expected to become its leader. Instead, she was planning to get a degree in social work that would give…
By Leah Kerkman
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Indiana’s Two Programs Prepare Charity Executives and Researchers
For four years after she earned her undergraduate degree, Ann Harris worked as an administrator in a soup ALSO SEE:Majoring in Philanthropy kitchen in North Carolina -- and did a lot of soul searching. “I learned that social work was not right for me, but I still liked being in nonprofits,” she…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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San Francisco Program Combines Theory and Practice of Nonprofit Work
Barb Larson began considering master’s studies after five years of working for American Red Cross ALSO SEE:Majoring in Philanthropy affiliates in California -- and after nudges from colleagues, including her boss. “I knew I was going to be in the nonprofit sector my whole career,” she says. “I was…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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Nonprofit-Studies Program at Case Western Draws From Variety of Fields
Mark Klemens was a lawyer eager to make a career switch. In the late 1990s, he first found himself considering ALSO SEE:Majoring in Philanthropy a business degree. But while his wife served on the faculty of Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine, he learned about the institution’s…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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Young People Fuel Demand for Nonprofit Study
Programs in nonprofit management began gathering momentum on campuses in the early 1980s, but their explosive ALSO SEE:Majoring in Philanthropy growth in the past decade was triggered by changes in the philanthropic world as well as by trends rippling through American society. The rapid growth has…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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More charity workers seek education in nonprofit-management programsMarcia A. Hodges recalls when a charity leader told her that she would not reach her goal of being a ALSO SEE:Majoring in Philanthropy nonprofit executive until she was at least 30 years old and had a master’s degree. “At that…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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Photograph by Buzz LarsonSome artists’ paintings command thousands of dollars. Mary Larson’s portraits command thousands of socks, or gloves, or other items that Ms. Larson then passes along to the homeless and to poor patients at Pioneer Square Clinic, in Seattle. Ms. Larson, who paints as a…