| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.03.2024 | A Look at the Major Strides AB 2881 Has Made for Student Par... | By Dr. Queena Hoang
On March 21st, a panel of experts, representing each of California’s public pos... |
| 22.03.2024 | Surfacing Student Parent Support Solutions by Recognizing Fa... | By Dr. Queena Hoang
Hundreds of student parents, educators, policymakers, philanthropists, and comm... |
| 20.03.2024 | Empowering Futures: The Impact of UCI LIFTED Program and its... | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
The University of California, Irvine, (UCI) Leveraging Inspiring Futures T... |
| 20.03.2024 | Fiber for the Future: Tribal Broadband Bootcamps Incorporate... | By Cristal Mojica
On March 10th, the latest installment of the Tribal Broadband Bootcamp kicked off... |
| 19.03.2024 | Over 100 Years After Electrification: Will California Lead t... | By Cristal Mojica
Broadband internet is as vital to our quality of life as reliable and affordable ... |
| 13.03.2024 | Placing Community at the Center of Grantmaking: Meet the 202... | 2/3 of postsecondary students skip buying textbooks due to their price, US PIRG found. When the aver... |
| 08.03.2024 | Expanding the LIFTED Model, Welcoming the University of Cali... | The Michelson 20MM Foundation has awarded a Spark Grant to the University of California, Riverside (... |
| 04.03.2024 | How Student Peers Will Tackle the SNAP Gap on California’s C... | In an era where college students face increasing financial challenges and food insecurity, the Stude... |
| 23.02.2024 | How Intersegmental Collaboration Can Address Housing Insecur... | While there is a national and state-wide need to address housing insecurity among postsecondary stud... |
| 08.02.2024 | Welcoming the 2023 Smart Justice Spark Grantees | Postsecondary education is the catalyst for personal transformation and justice reform. When justice... |
| 01.02.2024 | Biden Can Limit Colleges’ Scheme to Tack Textbook Costs onto... | By Katie Wagman
This op-ed was originally published in The Hill.
For millions of college students ... |
| 01.02.2024 | Newly Launched Pooled Fund Aims to Support Student Parents i... | In a landmark initiative to champion the needs of student parents, the Michelson 20MM Foundation is ... |
| 24.01.2024 | New Online #RealCollege Curriculum to Help Educators Better ... | A spring 2023 study found that nearly 2/3 of all California Community College students face at least... |
| 16.01.2024 | Doubling Down on Digital Equity in Tribal Communities: Intro... | By Cristal Mojica
As we embark upon the new year, we are thrilled to continue growing our Digital E... |
| 12.01.2024 | Addressing Student Basic Needs Challenges: A Reflection from... | “Expanding the Aperture on Serving Parenting Students” panel discussion during the 2023 Real College... |
| 09.01.2024 | The Urgent Need for Increased Support for Incarcerated Women... | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
According to the Prison Policy Initiative, 58% of women in the United Stat... |
| 04.01.2024 | How an OER Student Fellow Advanced Textbook Affordability at... | By Kaitlyn Wagman
I believe higher education accessibility is essential to ending societal inequiti... |
| 22.12.2023 | Eliminating Digital Discrimination For Digital Equity: A Yea... | By Cristal Mojica
In 2023, the Michelson 20MM Foundation’s Digital Equity Initiative continued to a... |
| 20.12.2023 | Making Intellectual Property Education Accessible to All: A ... | By Chinwe Ohanele
As we reflect on 2023, it stands out as a time of remarkable progress and innovat... |
| 19.12.2023 | Why Student Parent Data Matters: A Conversation with The Edu... | The Education Trust—West joined us to kick off The State of Pregnant and Parenting Students to discu... |
| 18.12.2023 | Forging Equitable Futures for Students with Basic Needs: A Y... | By Queena Hoang
As 2023 draws to a close, it’s the perfect opportunity to reflect on the amazing ad... |
| 15.12.2023 | Empowering Futures: How Homeboy Industries Provides Pathways... | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
Last week, we kicked off the webinar series “Pathways from Prison to Colle... |
| 14.12.2023 | 2023 Open Education Conference: A Student’s Perspective | By Kaitlyn Wagman
Just a few weeks ago, I was lucky to attend the 2023 Open Education Conference. T... |
| 07.12.2023 | Breaking Barriers in the Smart Justice Space: A Year in Revi... | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
It’s that time of the year where we reflect on the last twelve months’ acc... |
| 30.11.2023 | Building Student Power and the Open Movement: A Year in Revi... | By Cailyn Nagle and Marissa Martinez
Throughout the years, our focus on making sure every student h... |
| 21.11.2023 | National Conference for Higher Education in Prison: Putting ... | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
The Michelson 20MM Foundation left the National Conference on Higher Educa... |
| 15.11.2023 | Get to Know the 2023 Student Basic Needs Spark Grantees and ... | Higher educational institutions should be a place where students can pursue knowledge and thrive aca... |
| 01.11.2023 | Welcoming the 2023 OpenEd Scholarship Recipients | The Michelson 20MM Foundation is proud to sponsor the 2023 Open Education Conference and is excited ... |
| 31.10.2023 | Digital Equity and AI: What Is the AI Divide and How Do We B... | By Cristal Mojica
The Connecting California: Solving the Digital Divide series has focused on some ... |
| 17.10.2023 | Can the Open Community Adapt to AI? Insights From the Creati... | By Cailyn Nagle
As part of the global movement for a more equitable and open higher education syste... |
| 13.10.2023 | Celebrating Root & Rebound’s Decade of Impact Serving Ju... | Rona Navales, Development and Communications Coordinator, Root & Rebound (left); Kenia Miranda V... |
| 04.10.2023 | Digital Redlining and Insufficient Funding: Ringing the Alar... | By Cristal Mojica
When the August and September rounds of broadband infrastructure maps and routes ... |
| 28.09.2023 | Learnings From Forging Equitable Futures for Student Parents | By Dr. Queena Hoang
On September 14th and 15th, the Michelson 20MM Foundation hosted Forging Equita... |
| 19.09.2023 | I Am Not Interested in Student Voice, but Student Power | Mario Savio, shown here at a victory rally in University of California, Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza on D... |
| 06.09.2023 | How ISKME Is Making OER More Accessible Throughout Californi... | According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 1:4 adults in the United States have a d... |
| 31.08.2023 | Meet the 2023 Student Basic Needs Spark Community Advisors | Providing support for student basic needs—defined as a student’s ability to adequately meet their fo... |
| 23.08.2023 | How Creative Commons Will Advance Open Licensing Understandi... | Creative Commons licenses enable much of the open content across the arts, sciences, and academia, i... |
| 18.08.2023 | Fostering Sustainable Broadband Development Across State Lin... | Drew Clark, Broadband Breakfast Editor and Publisher; Brandy Reitter, Colorado Broadband Office Exec... |
| 15.08.2023 | A Conversation with Dr. Adrian Huerta, Former Student Parent... | By Dr. Queena Hoang
Dr. Adrian Huerta, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California (USC)... |
| 11.08.2023 | A Renewed Commitment to Build a Prison-to-University Pipelin... | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
Underground Scholars at University of California, Irvine and Project Rebou... |
| 09.08.2023 | Get to Know our 2023 Open Educational Resources Spark Grants... | Open educational resources (OER) are building momentum on college campuses across the country. Knowi... |
| 28.07.2023 | California Community Colleges Signal Exciting Phase for Zero... | By Cailyn Nagle
Two years after Governor Gavin Newsom called out the usurious textbook marketplace ... |
| 27.07.2023 | Addressing Digital Equity Priorities in California: Takeaway... | By Cristal Mojica
The Public Policy Institute of California’s “Bridging California’s Digital Divide... |
| 18.07.2023 | Is California’s $6B Broadband Investment Reaching Our Most V... | Through the Broadband Trailer Bill, SB 156, $6B was allocated to expand broadband infrastructure in ... |
| 10.07.2023 | A 30-Year Opportunity in the Making: Pell Grant Reinstatemen... | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
1994 marked a pivotal year in the United States’ tough-on-crime history wi... |
| 05.07.2023 | Unlocking Federal Funding through Data-Informed Maps: How #O... | #OaklandUndivided is standing up for the residents of Oakland by identifying data-informed strategie... |
| 29.06.2023 | One Step Closer to Closing the Equity Gap: How Updates to Ti... | By Dr. Queena Hoang
Student parents in California and throughout the nation face unique challenges ... |
| 20.06.2023 | Breaking Down Barriers to Digital Health Equity: How ITUP Is... | Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) reports that 7 out of 10 Californians are unable to afford inter... |
| 16.06.2023 | Welcoming Chinwe Ohanele, Esq., to The Michelson Institute f... | The Michelson 20MM Foundation and The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property (Michelson IP) a... |
| 14.06.2023 | Unlocking Potential: Reflections from our 2022 Guide Califor... | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
Education has the power to transform lives and provide opportunities for i... |
| 12.06.2023 | Meet the Student, Professors, and OER Champions Advising the... | Over a decade ago, the Michelson 20MM Foundation was launched after our founder, Dr. Gary K. Michels... |
| 02.06.2023 | Ensuring Administrators Allow Student Input on Efforts that ... | By Katie Wagman
As a first-generation college student from a lower income household, I know that ev... |
| 25.05.2023 | Amplifying Student Voices and Raising Awareness of Zero-Text... | By Allen Kuo
As a student leader in the community college system, I see many of the unique barriers... |
| 22.05.2023 | From Homeboy Industries Trainee to Academic Assistant: Mynor... | By Mynor Mendez, Academic Assistant, Homeboy Industries
Homeboy Industries means the world to me. B... |
| 17.05.2023 | Beyond the Box: The U.S. Department of Education’s Guide to ... | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
The U.S. Department of Education’s newly released report, Beyond the Box, ... |
| 12.05.2023 | Calling on Leaders to Fight For Digital Equity: Reflections ... | By Cristal Mojica
On May 4th, the Michelson 20MM Foundation joined 80+ fellow digital equity champi... |
| 10.05.2023 | Get to Know the 2023 Digital Equity Spark Grantees | As the federal COVID-19 public health emergency nears its end, the Michelson 20MM Foundation remains... |
| 09.05.2023 | Student Freedom For Rent: Open Educational Resources Can Hel... | By Cailyn Nagle
I do not own my home—like most of Los Angeles, I rent. Every month, a significant p... |
| 03.05.2023 | There Is No Us and Them, Only Us: Celebrating Homeboy Indust... | By Kenia Mirando Verdugo
Each year, Homeboy Industries brings together hundreds of individuals in t... |
| 01.05.2023 | A New Report Explores Challenges and Solutions to Universal ... | While most Californians have access to broadband, at least two million households (15%) still do not... |
| 19.04.2023 | Digital Equity Is a Civil Right: Reflections from Digital Eq... | By Cristal Mojica
Access to broadband is a fundamental right in the twenty-first century. Without a... |
| 17.04.2023 | Diminished Choices and Transparency- New White Paper Investi... | By Cailyn Nagle
A 2022 Bayview Analytics report showed that automatic textbook billing has risen to... |
| 11.04.2023 | A First-of-its-Kind Report: PPIC to Analyze the California D... | By June 2023, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) anticipates 104,409... |
| 05.04.2023 | Community, Representation, and JEDI: How Formerly Incarcerat... | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
People leave prison with hopes of never having to return. As we learned in... |
| 03.04.2023 | The 2023 Digital Equity Spark Community Advisors | Digital inequity uniquely impacts entire communities at a time, cutting them off from their ability ... |
| 28.03.2023 | College Textbooks Are Still a Racket… But They Don’t Have to... | By Cailyn Nagle
Students continue to struggle to access their course materials as 63-65% of student... |
| 24.03.2023 | Fair Chance Hiring: A Research Narrative Based on Facts and ... | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
On February 21, the Michelson 20MM Foundation and Arnold Ventures co-spons... |
| 22.03.2023 | How Three Student Parents Have and Will Continue to Shape Hi... | By Dr. Queena Hoang
Throughout history, pregnant and parenting students have faced unique challenge... |
| 20.03.2023 | Fundraising for Sustainable Digital Equity Programs (Net Inc... | By Cristal Mojica
It is essential for organizations dedicated to bridging the digital divide to app... |
| 15.03.2023 | How California Is Investing in the Education of Parenting St... | By Dr. Queena Hoang
The Michelson 20MM Foundation and the California State University (CSU) Student... |
| 14.03.2023 | Inaccurate CPUC Priority Area Maps Leave Vulnerable Angeleno... | By Cristal Mojica
With historic investments from the federal government for bridging the digital di... |
| 10.03.2023 | Meet the 2023 Textbook Affordability Fellows | Open Educational Resources (OER) have demonstrated an increased success rate in the classroom while ... |
| 23.02.2023 | 110 Alumni in Four Years: How Impact Justice Will Invest in ... | Impact Justice works to develop and further community-based models that increase safety and justice.... |
| 10.02.2023 | How A New Way of Life Reentry Project Will Transform the Liv... | Every day, an average of 55 formerly incarcerated women are served by A New Way of Life Reentry Proj... |
| 03.02.2023 | One Step Closer to the Promise of Open: The Creative Commons... | By Cailyn Nagle
After months of prep meetings, weeks of pre-reading, and five full days of programm... |
| 01.02.2023 | Ever Resilient, Directly-Impacted Leaders Share Their Though... | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
Attending college comes with many challenges for students: imposter syndro... |
| 26.01.2023 | Providing Training and Professional Development and Studying... | For years, the Michelson 20MM Foundation has sought to leverage higher education as a catalytic forc... |
| 24.01.2023 | An Opportunity for the California Community Colleges to Rene... | The Michelson 20MM Foundation is excited to support the Community College League of California’s 202... |
| 13.01.2023 | From Textbook Affordability Intern to OER Program Coordinato... | We are honored to formally welcome Marissa Martinez onto the team as the Open Educational Resources ... |
| 10.01.2023 | IP Literacy: Smart. | By Justin Chapman
This article was originally published by Inventor’s Digest.
The Michelson Instit... |
| 09.01.2023 | New Year, New Opportunities to Advance Open Educational Reso... | By Cailyn Nagle
As 2023 begins, we would like to take a moment to reflect on the successes and oppo... |
| 04.01.2023 | Creative Commons Certificate Bootcamp: Equipping Educators W... | The Michelson 20MM OER Initiative is kicking off 2023 alongside Creative Commons (CC) and the Califo... |
| 21.12.2022 | A Year in Review: Working to Help Meet Student’s Basic Needs... | By Miguel Leon
As we look back on 2022, the Michelson 20MM Foundation would like to thank our frien... |
| 20.12.2022 | A Year in Review: Supporting Faculty Members Teaching in Pri... | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
The year is coming to an end and I’d like to recap what my first year with... |
| 16.12.2022 | Introducing Ren Mao, Program Coordinator, The Michelson Inst... | Please join us in welcoming Ren Mao, The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property (Michelson IP... |
| 16.12.2022 | Public Advocates Seeks to Serve Low-Income, BIPOC, Immigrant... | The cost of housing should not determine if a student is able to graduate, yet housing insecurity is... |
| 15.12.2022 | Welcoming Queena Hoang, Student Basic Needs Senior Program M... | Queena Hoang has joined the Michelson 20MM Foundation as Student Basic Needs Senior Program Manager.... |
| 13.12.2022 | Postsecondary Education in Prison Is Inspiring Hope for Jaim... | Priority enrollment for postsecondary educational programs in prison has often gone to justice-impac... |
| 08.12.2022 | California Has an Opportunity to Extend the Basic Needs Mand... | Through a prior Spark Grant, Young Invincibles surveyed the largest higher education system in the n... |
| 01.12.2022 | Eliminating Digital Discrimination with New Urgency | By Justin Chapman
“It’s time to address digital discrimination with new urgency,” said Federal Comm... |
| 30.11.2022 | OER Gives Students the Opportunity to Reclaim Their Educatio... | By Marissa Martinez
In September of 2015, I took out my first student loan. It covered the cost of ... |
| 29.11.2022 | A Discussion on the Inside: Impacted Leaders Consult on How ... | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
Research has shown time and time again that higher education can lead to a... |
| 22.11.2022 | Get to Know the 2022 Smart Justice Spark Community Advisors ... | Guiding this year’s 2022 Smart Justice Spark Grants funding cycle, which opened on November 21, 2022... |
| 14.11.2022 | Less Than a Year Until Federal Pell Grants Will Be Given to ... | By Kenia Mirando Verdugo
National estimates put the number of colleges teaching in prisons at aroun... |
| 08.11.2022 | How College of the Redwoods Pelican Bay Scholars Program Is ... | Matthew Barnes, a student in the College of the Redwoods Pelican Bay Scholars Program, embodies the ... |
| 01.11.2022 | Safeguarding Student Data – SPARC Is Analyzing How Digital T... | As more postsecondary courses implement digital textbooks, publishers, in turn, are able to access m... |
| 28.10.2022 | Advocacy From Within: Women Transcending | By Kenia Miranda Verdugo
Recently, hundreds of individuals from institutions, organizations, founda... |
| 26.10.2022 | Get to Know the 2022 Student Basic Needs Spark Grantees | Home to nearly three million postsecondary students and some of the highest cost of living cities in... |
| 17.10.2022 | Rising to Action: How OpenEd22 Will Move OER Forward | More than 1,000 individuals globally will attend the Open Education Conference, OpenEd22, from Octob... |
| 14.10.2022 | Live Long and Prosper in the Uptoic–Yet Realistic–World of O... | By Cailyn Nagle
Growing up, Star Trek was always on. My Mom is a Trekkie, which means I am too. It ... |
