Allison Dulin Salisbury
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I Surprised Myself by Taking 3+ Months of Maternity Leave — and My Company is Better for It
I Surprised Myself by Taking 3+ Months of Maternity Leave — and My Company is Better for It
This fall, I did something that surprised me: I took more than three months of maternity leave. I assumed that, as with…
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Inside the Incubators: The Anatomy of a University Innovation TeamApr 7, 2018
Inside the Incubators: The Anatomy of a University Innovation Team
This article was originally published on EdSurge. More than ever universities today are carving out fresh ways to…
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Five Years Later, Georgia Tech Program Turns MOOC Hype Into RealityMar 21, 2018
Five Years Later, Georgia Tech Program Turns MOOC Hype Into Reality
Five years after the New York Times designated 2012 "The Year of The MOOC" we're seeing results that begin to justify…
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Allison Dulin Salisbury shared thisHigher ed has to improve the system learners are in now, while preparing for a future that may look very different. That is the tension I explored with Patrick Methvin, who leads the postsecondary portfolio at the Gates Foundation. Students still need to persist, graduate, and earn credentials that lead somewhere. But AI is raising harder questions about what those credentials should signal, what students need to learn, and what kinds of institutions can keep up. Patrick’s view is that higher ed needs a bridge strategy: keep improving what matters now, while building the rails for a future we can’t yet fully see. Full conversation in comments.
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Allison Dulin Salisbury shared thisHigher ed is being asked to do two hard things at once: - Help today’s learners persist, graduate, and earn credentials of value. - Prepare for a future where AI may change what learning is, how work is organized, and what credentials actually signal. That is the tension I explored with Patrick Methvin, who leads the postsecondary portfolio at the Gates Foundation. For years, higher ed improvement has been built around a clear theory of change: find what works, build the evidence, scale it. That work still matters. A lot. But Patrick is increasingly clear that AI demands something more too: scenario planning, smaller bets, new infrastructure, and the ability to detect signals before the evidence base is fully settled. In other words, higher ed has to improve its value today while also preparing for a very different future. We talked about what that shift looks like in practice, why philanthropy has a unique role to play, and what it means to both serve today's learners and prepare for a future we cannot yet fully see. Full conversation in comments.
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Allison Dulin Salisbury shared thisEveryone says they want schools to produce more critical thinking, better judgment, stronger problem solving, more real-world readiness. Then, too often, we assess students in ways that reward something narrower. That gap is a big part of what I talked about with Khan Academy's Kristen Eignor DiCerbo. We get into why fundamentals still matter, what AI does and does not change about learning, and why assessment may be the most underappreciated lever in education. Full Q&A in comments.
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Allison Dulin Salisbury shared thisHuman high fives beat computer confetti. That line from Khan Academy’s Kristen Eignor DiCerbo gets at something easy to miss in the AI-in-education debate. Yes, AI changes learning. But some things still matter just as much as ever: practice, fundamentals, motivation, and human relationships. In this conversation, Kristen and I talk about why you can’t think critically about nothing, what AI does and does not change about teaching, and why assessment may be the most underappreciated lever in education right now. Full Q&A in comments.
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Allison Dulin Salisbury shared thisI worry higher ed will use AI to become more efficient at the wrong thing. Better at coursework. Better at administration. Better at preparing students for the entry-level roles of yesterday, just as that work gets hollowed out. That would be especially bad for the students who most depend on education to gain economic agency. One reason I wanted to talk with Gregory Fowler, president of University of Maryland Global Campus, is that he seems unusually clear-eyed about the outcomes institutions must guard against. If machines can generate more of the output, universities need to care much more about the capacities underneath it: judgment, communication, creativity, discernment, and the ability to tell truth from fiction. Full conversation in comments.
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Allison Dulin Salisbury shared this“If we can reinvent education for battle zones, jungles, and deserts, we can reinvent it for the age of AI.” That is Gregory Fowler's view of University of Maryland Global Campus, the institution he leads, which serves 90,000 learners around the world and across all seven continents. That instinct for reinvention leads Greg back to the humanities. If machines can generate more of the output, universities need to care much more about the capacities underneath it: judgment, communication, creativity, discernment, and the ability to tell truth from fiction. What I like about this conversation is that it gets concrete about what that looks like at UMGC. We get into assessment, and why Greg thinks AI can help scale more practical, immersive evaluations of the skills that actually matter. We talk about rebuilding the student experience layer with AI companions and coordinated supports. And we talk about what real personalization could look like, with Greg using The Karate Kid to explain how different learners can take different paths toward the same standard. I loved this conversation because it works on both levels at once: institutional purpose, and actual design. Greg is one of the few leaders I know who can speak credibly to both. Full conversation in the comments.
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Allison Dulin Salisbury shared thisGoogle wants AI to be a creation engine, not just an information engine. That was one of the biggest ideas in my conversation with Maureen Heymans, who works on learning and education at Google. For a while, AI was mostly framed as an information engine. Better than search in some ways. You can ask anything, use natural language, have a conversation. But Maureen says Google is increasingly seeing people use AI for creativity. AI is lowering the skill barriers to building. You do not need to know how to code, or even like coding, to turn an idea into something real. That could change who gets to build, and what gets built. Full conversation linked in the comments.
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Allison Dulin Salisbury shared thisWhat the printing press did for literacy, AI may do for creativity. That was the hopeful idea I kept turning over while talking with Maureen Heymans, who works on learning and education at Google across Search, YouTube, Gemini, NotebookLM, and Classroom. Google is, whether it set out to be or not, one of the most powerful education organizations on the planet. I wanted to understand Maureen's read on this pivotal moment for ed tech, and what kind of learning Google is trying to make possible. The most interesting shift in her thinking over the last year is this: she now sees AI less as an information engine and more as a creation engine. We also got into the harder questions: At a moment when students increasingly expect AI to hand over the answer, how much productive struggle will learners actually tolerate? What still stands between today’s study companion and a genuinely great tutor? Can AI help schools assess the things we keep saying matter most, like creativity, critical thinking, communication, and agency, instead of just making the old tests faster? And what should educators do with a growing, and in some cases well-earned, backlash against technology in the classroom? What I appreciated about Maureen is that she talks about AI in education as a chance to make learning more active, more ambitious, and more human. If a company with Google’s scale is going to shape how millions of people learn, I’m glad someone with that orientation is helping steer. Full conversation linked in the comments.
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Allison Dulin Salisbury shared thisMost institutions are still built for a world that moves slower than AI. That's why I wanted to talk to Tom Kalil, who helped lead science, technology and innovation across the Clinton and Obama administrations. But our conversation is really about a deeper question: how should democracy respond when the pace of technological change starts to outrun the pace of institutional learning? A smart conversation on government, innovation, and what it would take for public systems to get faster without getting less democratic. Full Q&A linked in comments.
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Allison Dulin Salisbury liked thisAllison Dulin Salisbury liked thisPleased that ASU+GSV Summit has chosen post a video of a panel I participated in on the long term consequences of AI on work. A great discussion with my long-time friend and collaborator, Matt Sigelman of The Burning Glass Institute, Allison Dulin Salisbury of Humanist, Anthropic's Shad Ahmed, moderated by the inimitable Michael Horn. Our research at Harvard Business School's Project on Managing the Future of Work indicates big structural changes are in the offing as large companie begin to realize the benefits from #generativeAI https://lnkd.in/efKYyatt
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Allison Dulin Salisbury reacted on thisAllison Dulin Salisbury reacted on thisCollege Track, Davidson College, and NBA champion Stephen Curry ‘10 are proud to announce the Davidson College Curry Scholars Program: a full scholarship designed to create transformative college opportunities for high-achieving, first-generation students from the Bay Area. Each year, 5–10 students will be selected to attend Davidson College in North Carolina — one of the nation's premier liberal arts colleges — with full coverage of tuition, fees, housing, meals, books, and a computer allowance. This collaboration combines Davidson's deep commitment to need-blind admissions and no-loan financial aid with College Track's proven model of supporting first-generation students from high school through college graduation. Together, we're making sure that the most talented students in the Bay Area have access to one of the best educations in the country. This is what the ripple effect looks like. When one scholar succeeds, families and communities change and the joy multiplies for generations to come. The first class is planned for fall 2027. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eerumzsf #CurryScholars #TheFutureStartsHere #MultiplyJoy #ItsAGreatDayToBeAWildcat
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Allison Dulin Salisbury liked thisAllison Dulin Salisbury liked thisReach is launching a new nonprofit today called The Cobalt Collective, and we’re excited to introduce our founding Executive Director Clark McKown. First, a little background on why we started it. Reach has roots in philanthropy. Our founders came from NewSchools Venture Fund, a different type of philanthropy started by a group of legendary venture capitalists who believed that the practices that help startups scale could also be used to scale social impact. It was a novel idea that helped inspire a broader movement to bring innovation to the social sector through venture capital. For the last ten years, Reach has operated as a traditionally structured venture capital fund. We embrace this powerful approach to innovation; the influence of venture capital is evident in almost every breakthrough technology of the last 50 years, from Intel and Apple to Moderna and Google. It is an undeniable force in fueling the ideas that have elevated global living standards in the modern age. Over four funds and more than 100 investments, we’ve had the privilege of partnering with founders to bring ideas to life — improving how teachers teach, students learn, workers thrive, people heal, and communities connect. Throughout this work, we have remained focused on impact. At Reach, it is imbued across our team, our culture, our practices, our investment theses, and our portfolio support. It is core to our work, not siloed off or compliance-driven. Over the years we’ve backed 39 research studies in our portfolio with the help of our partners, and we’ve published five reports detailing the impact journeys of our companies. Cobalt extends the Reach Way and our commitment to impact beyond our portfolio. It supports the broader innovation ecosystem tackling some of the toughest challenges across education and health. We’re bringing together builders, researchers, and funders to help entrepreneurs build products that work and scale. The work Cobalt will take on involves, at its heart, helping companies fulfill their impact commitments. Our approach is informed by patterns we’ve seen firsthand over the years: Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g4uqsFWu
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Allison Dulin Salisbury liked thisThe news is out — I’m excited to share that I’m joining the founding leadership team at NextLadder Ventures to lead AI and technology work. Our goal is to invest in and accelerate AI-enabled solutions that support economic mobility for people across the country — a mission that has felt increasingly urgent to me. As AI reshapes our economic systems, we're facing a critical moment. We have a window to purposefully harness the AI transformation to help Americans build more secure and prosperous futures. But I know from my last decade of supporting AI and social impact work at Google that this won’t happen by default; it'll take focus, resources, and coordination to build trusted, people-centered solutions that increase agency and deliver outcomes. At NextLadder, we’ll help catalyze and accelerate that action — aligning capital, talent, and technology at the speed this moment demands. We’ll need to partner with many to fund differently, put tools in the hands of those closest to the challenges, break down fragmentation, and get creative about how new technology can help shift long-standing barriers. With a long-term mandate and the flexibility to work creatively, I’m hopeful NextLadder can help bridge the gap between AI’s potential and real impact for people at scale. I’m also thrilled to be joining Ryan Rippel, Rhett Dornbach-Bender, Callie Schwartz (Schneider), and Lauren Loktev as co-founders alongside the rest of the great NextLadder team. I’ll be starting in earnest in a few weeks (so yes, I will be taking a break!) and can’t wait to start building alongside so many thoughtful and innovative leaders already doing incredible work.Allison Dulin Salisbury liked thisNextLadder Ventures is on a mission to equip tens of millions of Americans with highly personalized, tech-enabled Navigation Technology tools that help them navigate life’s challenges and reach greater economic mobility. And we just welcomed two powerhouse leaders who will help catalyze the market for these “NavTech” tools. We are thrilled to have Lauren Loktev join us as Managing Director of Investments and Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink as Managing Director of Product. Lauren brings 15 years of venture capital experience, including as a Partner at the Collaborative Fund, and a strong track record of backing breakout companies at their earliest stages. Under Lauren’s leadership, we’re excited to build NextLadder’s venture practice and back the founders building the next generation NavTech tools. Brigitte comes to us after spending over a decade at Google, including most recently as Director of AI and Social Impact. At NextLadder, Brigitte will lead AI and product strategy across our portfolio, backing solutions and setting market-wide standards for how NavTech tools are designed, evaluated, and improved over time. Lauren and Brigitte join a co-founding leadership team that also includes CEO Ryan Rippel, Chief Strategy and Operations Officer Rhett Dornbach-Bender, and Chief of Staff Callie Schwartz (Schneider). Our growing team is working tirelessly to empower Americans to achieve greater economic security and opportunity. Read more about our vision here: nextladder.comBetter Lives Today | NextLadder Ventures | NextLadder VenturesBetter Lives Today | NextLadder Ventures | NextLadder Ventures
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Allison Dulin Salisbury liked thisAllison Dulin Salisbury liked thisSo proud of you, Leo Marek! Reading this article -- with all you've accomplished so far -- makes my day, week, and month. Can't wait to see you walk at Rice University graduation on Saturday! Leo Marek, senior in electrical and computer engineering, has been named winner of the 2026 Robert H. Parks Prize for Engineering Leadership. https://lnkd.in/dDt_UBnU
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Allison Dulin Salisbury liked thisThe message of the chart is clear: the future is a relational economy. As artificial intelligence accelerates, the value of relational intelligence, the ability to build trust, navigate difference, and create meaning with others, will only grow. The relational sector, from education to care to community, will not sit at the margins of the economy; it will help define it. The relational sector is expected to grow to nearly 50% of all jobs by 2050. In the age of AI, what makes us most human may become what matters most. Thank you Alex Imas for the analysis, and Michelle Culver & Allison Dulin Salisbury for sharing. Adding Aneesh Raman at LinkedIn who has written on relational economy.Allison Dulin Salisbury liked this“If the model is right, the durable jobs of the future won’t be about monitoring AI systems or prompt engineering. Those are transitional roles in the automated sector. The durable jobs will be in the relational sector, where the human element is the product itself. Some already exist and are growing: nurses, therapists, teachers, boutique fitness instructors, personal chefs, bespoke tailors, craft brewers, live performers, spiritual guides, childcare workers, and many varieties of hospitality and care work. Others are emerging: experience designers, human-AI collaboration artists, provenance certifiers, community curators. Many haven’t been invented yet, just as six out of ten jobs people hold today didn’t exist in 1940.” In his latest Substack, Alex Imas, professor from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business makes a strong economic case for the development of what Isabelle Hau calls “relational intelligence”. And when young people ask about jobs for the future (because they ARE asking), you can advise them: “You need to be the person whose involvement makes the product feel like it was made for someone, by someone. The economics of structural change tells us that when technology makes one type of production cheap, the economy doesn’t collapse. It transforms. It shifts toward the things that technology can’t make cheap. For AI, those things are exactly the ones where human involvement carries inherent, irreplaceable value.” Worth the read! John Bailey Julia Freeland Fisher Molly Kinder Dr. Mary Jo Madda (Rodriguez) Kashyap Rajesh Isabel Geathers, Ph.D. Adam Goldfarb Lewis Leiboh Erin Whalen Matthew Wunder Rob Strain Carrie Varoquiers Melanie Torres Alex Kotran Hat tip David Berthy for putting this on radar. Full piece here: https://lnkd.in/g_p3caXe
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🌱 Amy Beaird, PhD
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2026 federal funding update for ecosystem builders A week ago I wrote about where federal innovation funding stands for 2026. Here's what's changed in 7 days: What's now signed into law: The Commerce, Justice, and Science bill passed the Senate 82-15 on January 15 and is headed to the president's desk. This locks in: NSF → $8.75 billion (with protection against disproportionate cuts to any directorate) → Regional Innovation Engines: Up to $200 million EDA → Tech Hubs: $41 million → Build to Scale: $50 million → MEP: $175 million What passed the House, awaiting Senate action: The Financial Services bill passed 341-79 on January 14, confirming: SBA → Entrepreneurial development: $330 million (Congress rejected the proposed cut to $150M) → Regional Innovation Clusters: $9M → Federal and State Technology Partnership (FAST): $9M → Growth Accelerator Fund Competition: $9M What's still in flux: Leaders just released a final bipartisan package for Defense, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS-Education, and Transportation-HUD. The House may vote this week, with the January 30, 2026 deadline approaching. SBIR/STTR authorization remains expired. No new solicitations until reauthorization—though there's been some movement here. There's also a bunch of new AI policy I need to dig into still. The bottom line hasn't changed: You cannot build a 10-year innovation ecosystem on annual appropriations battles. The regions that succeed are strengthening their partnership infrastructure now, and leveraging federal funding as a bonus to accelerate outcomes. See the full analysis: https://lnkd.in/euDxDVkZ
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💰That thought that all funding is smashed and gone in these times? Read about LabStart's program and squash that misinformation. Funding, positivity, and progress are here- be part of it-jump in, cuz the water is warm (and needs conservation, but that's a different convo 💧😉 ) TL;DR: SNAPSHOT: LabStart empowers entrepreneurs—including first-time founders—to commercialize breakthrough climate technologies with: 💲 Up to $100K in funding for entrepreneurs 🚀 Access to frontier climate technologies 🔬 Expert mentorship and guidance 🌎 A community of climate innovators Applications close July 7, 2025. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gSAg-KkU Tova Lobatz Kristy Drutman Jennifer Hanke Felix Antonio Padra Emily Alvarez Emily Chu Carolina Larrahona ImpactPHL Sustain SoCal Chloe Rowsell Rebecca Shirey Green Standards Waste Not Consulting Ashlee Baker, TRUE Advisor Tova Lobatz SOCAP Global The Ecology Center Jonathan Zaidman Eliza Baron Kriss Kokoefer Amit Sharma AQUATRAX USGBC California #ClimateInnovation #ClimateEntrepreneurship
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Alexandra Samuel, Ph.D.
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I love this graphic from Beth Kanter for so many reasons: It's a concise overview that helps frame how individuals and organizations can approach #AI. It's a clear and reproducible guide to using AI in the ideation, development and revision of an #infographic. But most of all, what I love is the example of using #AI to combine your talents in new ways. Beth has been a brilliant tech strategist and communicator for as long as I've known her (twenty years!) And she has also always inspired me with her love of hands-on creativity: this is a woman who can wax rhapsodic about pens and markers. AI has opened the door to combining those strategic, communication, and visual talents in a new way. So ask yourself: What are the threads of your own work and creativity, that AI could help you combine in a new way?
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Nathaniel Burola
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NEW fellowships! Time to open some doors. 🚪 Issue 22 of The Climate Code is here on a Monday! Check out these three awesome fellowships: 1️⃣ Stanford’s Ethics & Technology Practitioner Fellowship: A year-long, non-residential program offering $15K, mentorship, and project funding for mid-career professionals tackling real-world tech ethics challenges. 2️⃣ Berkeley’s BIDMaP Postdoctoral Fellows Program: A two-year research fellowship uniting AI, materials science, and climate innovation for PhD graduates solving global sustainability problems. 3️⃣ CAIDP AI Policy Clinic (Spring 2026): A global cohort empowering early- and mid-career professionals, especially from under-represented regions, to shape the next wave of AI governance and policy. Want in? Check it out: https://lnkd.in/eurNtuKT #AI #ClimateTech #Fellowships #Policy #Sustainability #GreenAI #ClimateCode --- The Climate Code: https://lnkd.in/eurNtuKT AI & Environment Resource Hub: https://lnkd.in/dCuj6hnM Portfolio website/book a meeting: https://lnkd.in/eVErGB4m
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David Jacobson
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Karen Sheffield, MBA
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Erez A.
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https://lnkd.in/eWC4SgN3 In Episode 5, I start a three-part series on corporate innovation by focusing on the foundation most companies miss: system design. Before org charts, roles, or pilots, innovation depends on clear authority, mandate, executive sponsorship, and the right success metrics. When those are vague, teams stay busy but impact stays limited. This episode sets the groundwork for the next two, where I’ll cover operating models and ecosystem design. #corporateinnovation #innovation
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Tony Wan
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The latest The Hechinger Report Proof Points from Jill Barshay and Shirley Liu offers some actionable insights and directions for educators and #edtech developers exploring ways to use #AI to help students be better writers. Based on recent studies and an interview with University of Vienna professor Jennifer Meyer, they found: - Timing matters. AI should be delayed until students write first drafts by themselves. As messy as these rough drafts may be, getting these ideas out “manually” is a worthwhile effort. Adding AI feedback afterward can further boost brain activity. - Motivation is critical. Writing can feel like a slog, and students who got AI feedback said they feel more motivated to revise. “Often students aren’t in the mood to rewrite, and without revisions, students can’t become better writers.” - But don’t praise too much. ChatGPT and other off-the-shelf AI tools are notoriously sycophantic (“great job!”) giving students a false sense of confidence that can deter them from making further revisions. Getting straight to constructive, “praise-free” feedback seems promising. Their story: https://lnkd.in/dik8FmDK
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Neal Ghosh
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Afua Bruce
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This week, @Nonprofit Quarterly announced a new cohort of columnists who will be exploring what's broken, what's possible, and how we collectively build better infrastructure. My regular column, The Impact Algorithm, will discuss tech and data challenges for social enterprises. The first piece is on the intersection of technology strategy and change management. What other topics should I cover? Do you have a best practice or program you think should be highlighted? Let me know in the comments. Link to description of the new columns: https://hubs.ly/Q03z4fzj0 #PublicInterestTech #TechStrategy #Strategy
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