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hi i'm mukul pandya executive director and editor-in-chief of knowledge at wharton
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which is the wharton schools online journal of research and business analysis our mission is to take knowledge from
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wharton and other sources and to disseminate it around the world to people who may need it
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and benefit from it knowledge at wharton was launched in may of 1999 and over the past 15 years or so we have
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evolved into a network that reaches more than three million people around the world
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we publish in five languages english spanish portuguese chinese and arabic it was about four years ago in march of
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2011 that we launched knowledge at wharton high school with the goal of spreading
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business knowledge to high school students and high school educators and to talk a
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little more about that i'd like to introduce my colleague diana lasseter drake who is the managing editor of
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knowledge at wharton high school hi i'm dianna drake managing editor of knowledge at wharton high school
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knowledge of wharton high school is an initiative of the wharton school at the university of pennsylvania that promotes
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financial literacy entrepreneurship leadership and business skills as well as career and college
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development among high school students and educators around the world knowledge at wharton high school is an
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online portal we publish weekly articles written for the high school student and
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we also have more than 400 lesson plans for educators to use in the classroom or
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outside of the classroom in addition we have a video glossary and we also engage students through
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competitions seminars and workshops this summer we are partnering with brain game magazine
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to host the global young leaders academy an intensive customized summer academic
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program for a select group of international high school students who want to receive a quality education
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on finance and business and spend time immersed in the us culture we hope this academy will
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accomplish several things we want students to experience ivy league university life
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and earn a certificate this summer in a supportive and supervised environment we want them to refine key skills of
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critical thinking and creativity we want to focus on career development and college planning
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and also develop leadership and communication skills we hope you will join us for the global
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young leaders academy you