NUS @ASUGSVSummit: How Universities Are Positively Impacting Grades...

Studies show the benefits of social emotional learning (SEL) in PreK-6, including positive classroom behavior and individual student success, are beginning to drive a more widespread integration of this holistic approach to teaching into schools’ curriculum. Programs such as Sanford Harmony and Sanford Inspire, inspired by renowned philanthropist T. Denny Sanford and distributed regionally through …

Education nonprofits attending ASU GSV had the chance to learn more about how to extend their community impact using the unique Cause Selling approach, which was envisioned by philanthropist T. Denny Sanford and is being expanded by the nonprofit National University System. During the session: The Power of Cause Selling: How to Solve the Nonprofit Dilemma, Stand Out …

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Kathy Higgins and Elizabeth Cook shared how social emotional learning is foundational to children’s health in a presentation entitled “Healthy Kids Learn Better: Why Social Emotional Learning is Foundational to Children’s Health” at the 2019 ASU GSV Summit. During their session, they emphasized the importance of a child’s physical, …

According to a report released earlier this year by the Aspen Institute’s National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development, more than 80 percent of teachers believe that social emotional skills are beneficial to students and concurrently want more support to implement these approaches to learning. During a panel discussion at the ASU GSV Summit, …

Today’s college students have become accustomed to experiencing tailored digital experiences through Google Maps and commerce-site product recommendations. At the ASU GSV Summit, several National University faculty and staff spoke on a panel about how higher education can better respond to these expectations by creating learning pathways that are distinctively personalized to how each student …

Radical change in higher education is happening right now in the nonprofit university sector where new initiatives and partnerships are driving the creation of scalable online learning models. Dr. Michael R. Cunningham, Chancellor of the San Diego-based National University System, joined other educator panelists at the ASU GSV conference to share insight into how National University …