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Santa Teresita School Runs on Faith - and a Network of Helping Hands
At this Boyle Heights Catholic school, education is a shared undertaking. Alumni raise money, outside partners bring art and music, and tuition assistance helps families get through the door.
Trinity Western’s $125 Million Bet: Keep the Faith, Lose the Walls
Canada’s largest Christian university learned the cost of turning conviction into a gate. Now it is chasing 10,000 learners with online degrees, global partnerships and a divinity-school gift - without sanding away the belief system people come for.
Harvard Student Agencies
Harvard Student Agencies (HSA) is the largest student-run company in the world. Founded at Harvard in 1957 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, it employs more than 900 Harvard undergraduates each year across roughly a dozen businesses - from The Harvard Shop and Trademark Tours to Let's Go travel guides, HSA Tutoring, GroupGear custom apparel, and Campus Insights user research. Students run every division as managers, gaining hands-on business experience while earning wages that help offset the cost of a Harvard education.
Uncommon Schools
Uncommon Schools is a nonprofit charter management organization that starts and runs outstanding urban public charter schools designed to close the achievement gap and prepare students from low-income communities to graduate from college. Founded around North Star Academy in Newark in 1997 and relaunched as a multi-state network in 2005, Uncommon operates roughly 53 K-12 schools serving about 20,000 students across New York City, Newark, Camden, Rochester, Troy, and Boston. Beyond running schools, it is a national force in teacher development - home to Doug Lemov's 'Teach Like a Champion' methodology - and pairs rigorous, data-driven instruction with long-term alumni college coaching.