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Action Learning Diversity

Easing the path to employment for workers with disabilities

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As the vice president of a large financial services firm, Max Wilson has seen first-hand the value of creating a more diverse workplace. That's why he teamed up with his fellow S-Lab students to help his company successfully hire and retain more people with disabilities.

Jul 19, 2022
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Action Learning Analytics

Developing a strategy to reduce airport wait times

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Computer vision and data analytics can generate real-time information about operations, creating a major opportunity to reduce wait times. In fall 2021, United Airlines asked a team of students in Enterprise Management Lab to develop a strategy for leveraging such technologies to reduce wait times i...

Nov 28, 2022
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MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy Public Policy

Introductory Post by new CFP Executive Director, Doug Criscitello

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It is with great pleasure that I transition to my new role as the inaugural executive director of MIT’s Center for Finance and Policy (CFP). As someone who has focused on government financial institutions for many years, I welcome this new beginning as a chance to direct sunlight towards a unique se...

Apr 15, 2015
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Action Learning Sustainability

USA Lab host Dasjon Jordan supports community and commerce in New Orleans

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As a city planning student at MIT, Dasjon Jordan, SM ’19, served on the boards of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning Student Council and the Students of Color Committee. He wanted to complete an Action Learning project before he graduated, but his packed schedule of classes and activities ...

Aug 20, 2024
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MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy Public Policy

U.S. Government Takes Action on Puerto Rico

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On July 1, 2016, the U.S. territory, which has been mired in a years-long debt crisis, failed to make good on $2 billion of bond payments due, triggering the worst default in its history. Puerto Rico’s governor Alejandro García Padilla has defended the decision to skip the full payment, emphasizing ...

Jul 18, 2016
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