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Building Social Capital Through Education
September 15, 2005
Peter Karoff founder, chairman, TPI
Eileen Moran Brown chancellor, Cambridge College
Mahesh Sharma president, Cambridge College

The Philanthropic Initiative and Cambridge College present a conversation on the state of education with Peter Karoff moderated by President Mahesh Sharma and Chancellor Eileen Moran Brown.

Special thanks to Wendell Seale and Cambridge College.

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