CU is already a national leader in experiential learning and entrepreneurship training, and is arguably the most accessible post-secondary institution in Canada for students with disabilities. Now its interconnected efforts are getting an $800,000 boost from the provincial government's Career Ready Fund to support the creation of the Carleton University Accessible Experiential Learning project, a multi-faceted initiative that will give students with disabilities at Carleton opportunities to gain entrepreneurial and/or work experience while completing their academic studies. The fund is expected to help create more than 70,000 new experiential learning opportunities for post-secondary students and new graduates between 2017 and 2019. Carleton Newsroom

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For many millennials, second cities are becoming their first choice. After a decade of investment in parks and greenspace, homegrown tech hubs, and downtown redevelopment, many small mid-size metros are seeing more signs of life and increased migration, according to a recent Brookings Institution analysis of U.S. Census Data. The challenge, creating a city that provides a diversity of jobs and an interesting place to live, requires working on many fronts, and there is no formula, according to Tom Murphy, a former mayor of Pittsburgh and a senior resident at the Urban Land Institute. He sees the question of why some cities are succeeding in this moment as "the biggest story that isn't really being covered." Curbed

Sounds like a good idea, at least in theory. Hard-pressed taxpayers in towns like Stockbridge, where 14 percent of the real estate is tax-exempt, are keen on seeing PILOT payments (in lieu of taxes) from the nonprofit performing arts organizations, museums, health care, religious and educational enterprises that populate the Land of Rockwell. Town fathers on the Select Board, responding to public pressure, have set up a PILOT Committee with a mission to create a voluntary program for payments, subject for voter approval. Although there are 157 tax-exempt properties in town, the committee has compiled a list of 35 non-profits and is targeting 15 to 20 of them for a PILOT program. The Berkshire Eagle

Food trucks, four over two days, were a project in "Gaming the System," a USC Marshall School of Business class taught by Elissa Grossman. The associate professor of clinical entrepreneurship and expert in gaming-as-teaching-tools said she designed the class to immerse students in real-world decision-making challenges. They were told in advance that the best concept would be given the opportunity to launch that truck on campus. All profits from the trucks will go to Swipe Out Hunger, a campus organization that collects unused Dining Dollar swipes and donates them to students who are food insecure. The class was unanimous in their praise for the hands-on nature of the project. USC News