SAT flashbacks? Good. That will get you in the right state of mind for what follows. We had a chance to attend the “The Real Story about Going to College” in Richmond, VA on January 22, 2008. The panel discussion was hosted by America’s Student Loan Providers, College Parents of America, ECMC Foundation and The Educational Policy Institute. Some notes from the session: ...

In their recent contribution to the Harvard Business Review, Doing Well By Doing Good? Don’t Count on It, Joshua Margolis and Hillary Anger Elfenbein rekindle the venerable debate on the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and financial performance. Since its inception, CSR has struggled to build legitimacy against forces pressing corporate social and environmental strategies to demonstrate a direct, causal relationship with stock performance. ...