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Meeting Immediate Needs: A Curriculum for Worker Cooperatives
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
- Cooperacion Santa Ana (CA)
UCI Community Resilience Projects fosters people-centered and inclusive solutions to climate challenges. Our community-driven academic partnerships work from a shared understanding that the problems of climate change, racism and all ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Cooperatives
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives seeks to increase understanding and encourage critical thinking about cooperatives by fostering scholarship and mutual learning among academics, the cooperative community, policy makers ...
- Posted Sept. 22, 2020
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Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
- University of Regina (SK)
The Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives (CCSC) is an interdisciplinary research and teaching centre located on the University of Saskatchewan campus. Established in 1984, the CCSC is supported ...
- Posted Sept. 22, 2020
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Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives
- North Dakota State University (ND)
The idea of an NDSU center to benefit members of North Dakota cooperatives originated within the cooperatives themselves, and in October 1988, the Joint Cooperative Education Committee endorsed the concept ...
- Posted Sept. 22, 2020
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Centre for Co-operative Studies
- University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork (Co. Cork)
The mission of the Centre for Co-operative Studies is to promote, through its research, consultancy and educational activities, the continued growth of the co-operative movement, as an effective, locally-owned and ...
- Posted Sept. 22, 2020
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Arthur Capper Cooperative Center
- Kansas State University (KS)
The Arthur Capper Cooperative Center (ACCC) in the K-State Department of Agricultural Economics was established on June 11, 1984 by an agreement between Kansas State University and the Kansas Cooperative ...
- Posted Sept. 22, 2020
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How Higher Education and Worker Cooperatives Can Partner to Build a Sustainable Economy
- Democracy at Work Institute (CA)
Worker-owned cooperative businesses are leading the movement for a more inclusive and sustainable economy. Cities are starting to support business transitions to employee ownership (also called 'conversions') as a strategy ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Co-operative and Social Enterprise (MSc)
- University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork (Co. Cork)
If you are interested in pursuing or developing a professional or voluntary career in the co-operative or social enterprise field, the MSc in Co-operative and Social Enterprise is designed with ...
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Campus Engagement: The Handlebar- Dickinson's Bicycle Cooperative
- Dickinson College (PA)
The Biking@Dickinson initiative promotes sustainable transportation, builds community and provides biking education to the campus. Students can borrow bikes from the college, including Green Bike, refurbished by students in ...
- Posted July 31, 2018
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Campus Engagement: Sustainability @ Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
- Dickinson College (PA)
The Hive, Dickinson's beekeeping cooperative, is our newest living laboratory. The Hive engages students, staff, and faculty in learning about sustainability problems and solutions through the direct experience of ...
- Posted July 31, 2018
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Biking at Dickinson
- Dickinson College (PA)
Learn what The Handlebar Bike Cooperative offers to the campus community and how Dickinson makes biking accessible to everybody.
- Posted Feb. 28, 2018
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McGill University’s Fairtrade Campus Commitment: Roddick Roast Coffee
- McGill University (QC)
- Fairtrade Canada (ON)
- The Canadian Fair Trade Network (BC)
In June 2013, McGill University was given the designation of Fair Trade Campus by the Canadian Fair Trade Network (CFTN). This means that 100% of coffee sold on campus is ...
- Posted May 22, 2017
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The Harsh Realities of Generating Successful Living Laboratories
- Dickinson College (PA)
Living laboratories are a growing component of sustainability in higher education, however their creation is frequently meet with stiff opposition. Dickinson College has successfully cultivated two living laboratories, The Handlebar ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Certificate in Applied Economic Research on Cooperative Enterprises
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
The certificate is credit-based, involving 15 credits of coursework and an approved 6-credit field-based research internship with, or related to, a cooperative enterprise. Students gain experience in doing applied economic ...
- Posted Nov. 10, 2016
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Certificate in Cooperative Management
- Presidio Graduate School (CA)
Pinchot University's Certificate in Cooperative Management program offers a deep dive into the world of cooperative management, exploring the unique characteristics, opportunities and challenges of the cooperative sector.
The ...
- Posted Nov. 10, 2016
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The disappearance of cooperatives from economics textbooks
Discussion of cooperatives abounded in early twentieth century economics textbooks, but is virtually absent from their modern counterparts. In this paper, I assemble a dataset of economics textbooks used at ...
- Posted Nov. 9, 2016
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Curricular Cop-Out on Co-ops: Business schools ignore a key form of enterprise
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- Chronicle of Higher Education (DC)
This article highlights the dearth of academic training related to cooperative enterprises at U.S. business schools.
- Posted Nov. 9, 2016
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Cooperative Curriculum for a Resilient Future: How to Integrate Education on Cooperatives in U.S Undergraduate Programs.
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The co-operative business model and co-operative economics are not taught as subjects in most U.S. undergraduate programs. To address this systemic lack of awareness, our workshop will explore how ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Sustainable, Student-Run, and Delicious Cooperative at Your Campus
- CoFED (NM)
Three times a day we choose put something in our bodies that is sustainable or unsustainable. Every student that comes into your school comes open to new ideas and experiences ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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CoFED: Student Leadership Through Cooperative, Sustainable Food Enterprises
- CoFED (NM)
Empowered student leadership is the most critical tool to catalyze a culture of sustainability on your campus. Imagine your most active student leaders being able to engage any student that ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Campus Beet: A Student-Led Sustainable Café Initiative
- Western Michigan University (MI)
Riding a surge of support for fresh, delicious, sustainable food on campus, The Campus Beet is an example of true cross-campus collaboration. Starting as the vision of a single student ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Integration of Community and College: Farmers Market at Paul Smiths College
- Paul Smith's College of Arts & Sciences (NY)
June 30th, 2008 marks the second season of the Adirondack Farmers' Market Cooperative at the Paul Smiths College's campus, a small, rural college in upstate New York. This year ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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AASHE Interview Series: Yoni Landau and Danny Spitzberg of CoFed
- CoFED (NM)
CoFED, the Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive, supports over 40 student teams in regions across North America. CoFED serves as a network and training program that empowers students to create ethically-sourced ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Best Practices for Starting Sustainable Food Cooperatives in University Communities
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
This study makes recommendations for starting new student-run food co-ops (grocery stores, cafes, delis and other eateries), based on the findings of an investigation on seven co-ops in university communities ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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Rad Dish Food Co-op: Food for Thought Leadership
- Temple University (PA)
The Rad Dish Cooperative Cafe is the first and only student-run food co-op in the Philadelphia region. Located on Temple University's campus, Rad Dish provides local, fair trade, organic ...
- Posted June 8, 2015
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