01/20/22

With $25M gift, ASU's Thunderbird School of Global Management aims to educate 100 million worldwide by 2030

Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management announced plans today to educate 100 million students by 2030, thanks to a historic $25 million donation.

Phoenix philanthropists Francis and Dionne Najafi are funding an accredited online Global Management and Entrepreneurship Certificate, consisting of five world-class courses in 40 different languages.

The certificate will be covered by full scholarships, thus at no cost to students. The courses, which include subjects such as global leadership, customer experience and global entrepreneurship, launch in April....

01/20/22

With $25M Gift, Thunderbird Launches Global Initiative To Educate 100 Million By 2030

With an “historic $25 million donation,” Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management today (January 20) announced the launch of a one-of-a-kind global initiative to bring world-class business education to 100 million learners around the world by the year 2030. Seventy percent of them will be women...

01/20/22

ASU's Thunderbird School seeks to educate 100 million people by 2030, aided by $25M gift

The goal is ambitious: educate 100 million people around the world by 2030.

Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management is embracing the challenge, launching a large-scale effort to offer a free online certificate program in global management and entrepreneurship with five courses in 40 languages.

The Francis and Dionne Najafi Global Initiative, funded by a $25 million donation from the Phoenix couple, will support the effort, the university announced Thursday.  

The hope is that 70% of the 100 million individuals will be women, to help target those who haven’t had the opportunity to go to school and provide for their families...

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