Topic: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Change Agent University of the People offers low-cost college courses via the Internet

University of the People has enrolled 1,500 students from 132 countries. Courses are taught online by professors from around the world who volunteer their time.

The Monitor's View: Why economics is still the 'dismal science'

Economists befuddled by the economy's twists and turns often fail to tap into data on the most optimist group – young people. Their hopeful 'animal spirits' may be the force for a full recovery.

Cover Story In India, the challenge of building 50,000 colleges

To become an economic powerhouse, India needs to educate as many as 100 million young people over the next 10 years – something never done before. 

Should we give international students green cards with their diplomas?

Our immigration system needs reform, but this solution simply adds one more layer of complexity on a broken system.

The Monitor's View: How to find hope beyond the gloomy job numbers

The latest job numbers, as well as woes in the stock market and the global economy, call for a focus on ways to measure new ideas in business that can create jobs.

Opinion: Why the era of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll is about to go global

As prosperity becomes the global norm, expect a sea change in social values. 'Survival' values are waning and 'self-expression' values are gaining.

Some jobless don't look for jobs. They start a business.

New business starts hit a 14-year high in 2009. But succeeding is a challenge.

Economics bloggers: Unemployment would be worse without the stimulus

The Kauffman Foundation surveyed 200 economics bloggers about the status of the economy and the recovery. Here's what they said.

A new wave of entrepreneurs, or a growing class of the anxiously self-employed?

The jump in "self-employed" workers in 2009 correlates with mass lay-offs. But is it right to call this new class of workers entrepreneurs?

With few businesses hiring, students start their own

More students are turning to entrepreneurship, often with the help of campus programs.

Debunking the dorm-room entrepreneur