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Wharton Global High School Investment Competition
The Wharton Global High School Investment Competition is a free, experiential investment challenge for high school students (9th to 12th grade) and teachers. Students work in teams of four to seven, guided by a teacher as their advisor, and have access to an online stock market simulator. Together, they learn about strategy-building, teamwork, communication, risk, diversification, company and industry analysis, and many other aspects of investing.
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Wharton Global Youth produces original content introducing high school students and educators to the broad scope of business and finance education. Explore hundreds of educational articles featuring Wharton analysis, discover enterprising teen entrepreneurs on our monthly Future of the Business World Podcast, and more.
6 Ways You Will Become a Better Leader with Wharton Global Youth This Summer
Keith Ellison, program manager for Wharton Global Youth’s online Essentials of Leadership summer program (pictured above), who also teaches management communication at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, loves working with high school students because “they are like sponges for leadership development.” Ellison says, “Essentials of Leadership lays...
Constitution High School Students Study Tax Preparation at Wharton and Practice Their Skills with Philadelphia Taxpayers
Tax preparation season has taken on new meaning this year for the Wharton Global Youth Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Since January, 15 students from Philadelphia’s Constitution High School who are enrolled in Wharton Global Youth’s credit-bearing Embedded Pre-baccalaureate Program have been taking...
Knitting Purpose and New Life from Textile Waste in Indonesia
As we head into April, Earth Day (April 22) is on many hearts and minds. Textiles, particularly discarded clothes, are among the top pollutants in our world's landfills, fueling greenhouse gases that cause global warming. Laura Abigail Simbolon, a high school student from Jakarta, Indonesia, feels a deep commitment to...
Our annual report highlights the Wharton Global Youth team’s achievements in a year’s time. Discover Global Youth’s mission-driven work, partnerships, markets and vision as we deliver quality business-education opportunities to high school students and educators.
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