A former New York City schools chancellor plans to use technology -- and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's $700 million endowment -- to connect more low-income students with prestigious colleges and universities.
The foundation, which during its first 15 years has mainly awarded grants and scholarships, is now working with technology companies such as IBM to produce virtual college search and advising tools, among other technology-mediated initiatives. Those free tools will serve students who lack those services, said newly appointed executive director Harold O. Levy -- and as a marketing strategy for the foundation.
"The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation for years has lived under the radar screen," Levy said. "That's about to change. We're the largest scholarship foundation in America, and we need to get our name out."
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/14/jack-kent-cooke-foundation-embraces-technology-help-low-income-students