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Mark: Thanks for your comment! Yes, Roseanne's website is great but is not meant to be comprehensive under the definition of "for good". The programs listed on her website are programs with a nonprofit concentrations and nonBy Heather Carpenter
- H: I think Rosanne's list is broader than you give credit for. There aren't many freestanding nonprofit management programs... I'm in one at Arizona State, and there's the big one at Indiana U. So, under "degree" on Roseanne's site, most/many of tBy Mark A Hager
- Hmmm... I like this list, and I totally agree with everything on it. But I would want to add another criteria: If you already know what type of non-profit you'd like to work in, you should consider majoring in something directly related; ie, if you wBy ranavain
- This is an excellent and inspiring post. By Cynthia Coleman
- Oooh thanks! I used to work on a political campaign, and we had tons of volunteers that seemed to manage themselves... so it was very weird to move to the non-profit sector and find my employers don't even use volunteers, because they're considered uBy
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