Paul M. Rogers PhD

By Paul Rogers, George Mason University The move towards free online courses continues at a rapid pace.  Almost weekly we learn of a new online educational platform, the creation of new distance education partnerships, or the sinking of millions of dollars of venture capital into these educational startups.  I’ve personally benefited from these resources, especially […]

By Paul Rogers, Director NVWP Last November I took part in a conference sponsored by the George Mason University Center for Social Entrepreneurship (MCSE) http://masoninnovation.org/ called “Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Austerity”.  The conference brought together leaders from government, non-profit, business, and universities to explore strategies for moving forward in these increasingly tight financial […]

What connects Well Being  and Social Entrepreneurship? For over three years, the Mason Center for Consciousness and Transformation (cct.gmu.edu) has been the principal sponsor of social entrepreneurship at George Mason University.  First, in an ongoing partnership with Ashoka: Innovators for the Public Good (ashoka.org), and, now, in active partnership with Mason Center for Social Entrepreneurship […]

George Mason University recently launched an interdisciplinary masters graduate degree specifically for the next generation of entrepreneurial changemakers: a Masters of Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Entrepreneurship. See the curriculum, instructors and degree requirements. This degree is truly interdisciplinary; instructors hail from all corners of the university. Our partnership with Ashoka: Innovators for the Public will enhance students’ […]