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Welcome to NEDRA's Industry News blog, where we feature news articles and other items of interest to the research community, curated by the NEDRA News Editor-In-Chief. We hope these selections will be of interest to you - and encourage you to share your thoughts and comments here!

NOTE: Please note that any content or opinions expressed within this page represent the opinions and viewpoint of the original author, and do not necessarily reflect or represent the opinions, endorsement, or viewpoint of NEDRA.


  • Car? House? Sorry: Graduates of 2013 Are Each $35,200 in Debt

    Sat, May 18, 2013 5:27 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    The typical college graduate will leave campus this month owing nearly as much money as they stand to earn in their first year of full-time employment, new research shows.

    business.time.com/2013/05/17/car-house-sorry-graduates-of-2013-are-each-35200-in-debt/

  • Top CEO Pay Ratios

    Sat, May 18, 2013 3:38 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    It’s been almost three years since Congress directed the Securities and Exchange Commission to require public companies to disclose the ratio of their chief executive officers’ compensation to the median of the rest of their employees’. The agency has yet to produce a rule.

    http://go.bloomberg.com/multimedia/ceo-pay-ratio/

  • Charities Want More Insight Into Grant-Making Decisions, Says Study

    Sat, May 18, 2013 3:32 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    Foundations may think they are meeting charities’ information needs when they put their financial data on their Web sites. But a new study says nonprofit leaders want to know more about why some charities get support and some don’t - and how grant makers assess which grantees are performing well and which aren’t.

    http://philanthropy.com/article/Charities-Want-to-Know-Why/139247/

  • Is Anonymous Philanthropy Really the Most Virtuous?

    Sat, May 18, 2013 2:12 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    One of the underlying values shaping policy debates about ethical philanthropy is whether one believes charity is an essentially private activity or a public one.

    http://nonprofitquarterly.org/philanthropy/22288-is-anonymous-philanthropy-really-the-most-virtuous.html

  • Big Pharma CEOs Took Salaries of $1.57B During Last 10 Years

    Fri, May 10, 2013 2:08 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    2012 must have been a tough year for the CEOs of the big pharmaceutical corporations. The cumulative salaries of the CEOs of the top 11 global pharmaceutical companies jumped from $174.4 million in 2011 to $199.2 million in 2012, a one-year increase of 14.2 percent.

    http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/22260-big-pharma-ceos-took-salaries-of-1-57b-during-last-10-years.html

  • Moscow and NYC Duke It Out for Most Billionaires

    Fri, May 10, 2013 2:07 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    Many of us in this sector have billionaire envy, so it’s good to know where they congregate so we can hang around hoping to get noticed.

    http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/22263-moscow-and-nyc-duke-it-out-for-most-billionaires.html

  • How zoning affects the wealth gap

    Fri, May 10, 2013 2:06 PM | Tara McMullen-King
    "A "snob zone" is a place that uses restrictive zoning in a residential area to keep certain types of housing -- and therefore people -- out..."

    http://www.marketplace.org/topics/wealth-poverty/how-zoning-affects-wealth-gap

  • The rise of African philanthropy

    Fri, May 10, 2013 2:05 PM | Tara McMullen-King

    South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe announced earlier this year that his family was the first outside the United States to sign the pledge, promising to give away half the money generated by their assets to the country's poor.Though the rest of Africa's billionaires may not have joined the Giving Pledge, they have been giving to various causes close to their heart.


    http://mg.co.za/article/2013-04-26-00-the-rise-of-african-philanthropy

  • Bringing Global Philanthropy Closer to Home

    Wed, May 08, 2013 11:52 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    ...Between 2002-2013, emerging market and developing economies averaged a 6.5% growth in GDP. This economic growth has not only led to the development of a burgeoning middle-class in these markets, it has fueled an increase in the number of citizens actively engaging in philanthropy.

    http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/05/bringing_philanthropy_closer_t.html

  • 11 More Donors Sign the Giving Pledge

    Wed, May 08, 2013 11:51 AM | Tara McMullen-King
    The number of philanthropists responding to Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett’s appeal for increased generosity grew today, as 11 more wealthy families and individuals announced they have signed the Giving Pledge, promising to give away at least half of their wealth to charity.

    philanthropy.com/article/11-More-Donors-Sign-the-Giving/139095

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