William F. Meehan III and Kim Starkey Jonker, Authors of the recently released book 'Engine of Impact', conducted a survey in 2017 in conjunction with Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, the Center on Social Innovation at Stanford Graduate School of Business, GuideStar, and BoardSource involving over 3,000 stakeholders in the not for profit sector in the United States.

When one thinks of a prison, inmates studying law degrees does not primarily come to mind. However, this is the case in Africa as part of the African Prisons Project, founded by Alexander McLean. Prisoners and prison staff are sponsored to study law through the University of London’s distance learning programme.