In another development, university students are now able to take two-year "foundation" degrees in vocational subjects.

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The 83-year-old activist is a trustee of the University of California at Santa Barbara Foundation, the Rubin Museum of Art, and the Creative Vision Foundation.

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At Columbia, we just completed the second year of a fellowship program, in partnership with Cambridge University and the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, that uses social entrepreneurship to reconcile diverse groups.

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