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Our mission is to eradicate poverty in the Philippines.
The University's commitment is to excellence in teaching, research and scholarshistudents and staff to: 1) Offer undergraduate education that preserves the strengths of traditional the arts and sciences, and the professions, 2) Prepare students for positions of leadership in professions that are important to society, and, 3) Advance, through research and scholarship, the understanding of its chosen disciplines and their applications.
Teach For America exists to address the problem of the opportunity gap; our mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort. In the immediate term, we serve as a critical source of talented and committed teachers, called corps members, who compensate for the additional challenges their students face to provide them with the educational opportunities they deserve. Our corps members' positive impact on students' academic achievement provides tangible evidence that it is possible for all students to succeed when they get the right support. At the same time, helping their students succeed intensifies corps members' sense of urgency and gives them a deep grounding in what it will take to ensure that all students in our nation have the opportunity to attain an excellent education. Over the long run, we produce an alumni force with the talent, conviction, insight, and experience to effect the fundamental changes necessary to realize our vision of educational opportunity for all. Our alumni work directly for change at every level of our education system, while also exerting pressure for positive change from outside the system:* continuing to serve as teachers, school principals, and district administrators* taking the pressure off schools by working to remediate the challenges of poverty by working in careers supporting economic development, public health, social services, and law* pioneering innovations in public service as social entrepreneurs* shaping our priorities and policies as advocates, policy advisers, elected officials, and influencers in other sectors.
The Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit civil liberties organization based in Charlottesville, VA, is deeply committed to protecting the constitutional freedoms of every American and the integral human rights of all people through its extensive legal and educational programs. The Institute provides its legal services at no charge to those whose constitutional and human rights have been threatened or violated.
The Oregon Club of Portland has a mission to raise funds for the support of University of Oregon Athletic Programs and the Athletic Department. We will foster a spirit of loyalty and enthusiam among University of Oregon Alumni and fans in the Portland Area. We are dedicated to seeing the University of Oregon continue to achieve athletic and academic excellence. The Oregon Club of Portland is dedicated to raising money for University of Oregon Athletic Scholarships and Athletic Programs.
Oklahoma City University embraces the United Methodist tradition of scholarship and service and welcomes all faiths in a culturally rich community dedicated to student success. Men and women pursue academic excellence through a rigorous curriculum focused on students' intellectual, moral, and spiritual development to prepare them to become effective leaders in service to their communities.
World University & School's mission (http://worlduniversityandschool.org - like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware), in reaching out to the entire world, is to provide a free, wiki-based education platform for knowledge generation, and, through facilitating the development of broadband worldwide, to make our service accessible to under served parts of the world. The WUaS mission is thus to facilitate all levels of teaching and learning opportunities (and future degrees) through an open, editable wiki in all languages, nation-states and subjects with great universities, and for One Laptop per Child countries and everyone.
The Center for International Understanding serves North Carolina by promoting awareness, expanding understanding, and empowering action through global education. CIU’s programs for business, policy and education leaders aim to make North Carolina the most globally engaged state in the nation.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE FOUNDATION ("FOUNDATION") WAS FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING VOLUNTARY PRIVATE GIFTS, TRUSTS AND BEQUESTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE ("UNIVERSITY"). THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS, INCLUDING RESEARCH GRANTS, STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND EDUCATION.
Seeding Labs invests in exceptional scientists in developing countries who have limited resources, but limitless potential. We provide reduced-cost lab equipment and training and foster professional networks in order to enhance higher education, support vital research and create a more connected global scientific community.
We believe in the principal of Torah Li'sh'ma-learning as an intellectual and inspirational endeavor that embraces both academic scholarship and the efforts of all Jews to explore their shared heritage through the formal and informal study of Judaism and the other great civilizations of the world. American Jewish University is a thriving center of Jewish resources and talent built upon the mission of Jewish learning, culture, and ethics.