Education:

• U.S. universities may no longer hold the monopoly in global rankings; Asian universities are quickly catching up.- Forbes
• A study at Stanford University found that nearly all U.S. school districts with substantial minority populations have large achievement gaps between their white and black and Hispanic students.- Stanford News
• Sallie Mae will make private loans available to parents who want to help pay for their child’s higher education.- New York Times
• Following a call to action from First Lady Michelle Obama, the World Bank Group announced that it would invest $2.5 billion over 5 years in education projects that directly benefit adolescent girls.- The World Bank
• The Department of Education has asked accreditation agencies to monitor student achievement and to focus their resources on colleges and universities are considered to be “at risk”. The Washington Post

Nonprofits:

• According to new research, seven of the ten most profitable hospitals in the United States are nonprofits.- Chicago Tribune
  
• A new mobile app called LetsAllDoGood connects users with nonprofit organizations through push notifications, providing a more direct link to potential donors.- Huffington Post
  
• A recent study found that black-lead nonprofit organizations struggle more than
  their white counterparts due to a severe lack of organizational resources.- Philadelphia Business Journal
• Survey results anticipate that this year, newly created job positions at nonprofits will outnumber those created in the private sector.- Forbes
• Google is offering $250,000 to help with the ongoing response efforts in Flint as the city recovers from the effects of a lead- contaminated water supply.- ABC News