To increase support for policies that improve teacher pension systems, with the specific goal of minimizing the effect that pension debt has on education budgets.
To support the Program for Educational Access, an initiative within the university working to expand and improve publicly funded private school choice policy.
To enhance its operational and organizational model to serve more learners more efficiently and enable system-level conditions that increase demand for alternative pathways.
To continue the operations of the Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) to help small businesses in Northwest Arkansas develop, grow and thrive.
To scale its career and college accelerator by increasing employer partnerships to expand work-based learning while creating a new revenue stream and launching a fellowship to offer career exploration and success coaching to high school students.
To map critical challenges and opportunities to use digital credentials and portable learner records to accelerate personalized learning in K-12 education.
To train, instruct and recruit recent college graduates from underrepresented backgrounds to succeed in financial services roles at mission-oriented financial service organizations like EFF and Civic Builders.
