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Intersectional Anthropology as an Avenue Toward Praxis, Pedagogy, and New Anthropological Horizons

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Kimberlé Crenshaw stated that in its original formulation, Intersectionality worked to expose “ how single-axis thinking undermines legal thinking, disciplinary knowledge production, and struggles for social justice.” Studying human bodies provides a deep historical perspective on social dynamics whose echoes remain with us today.

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Panicked universities in search of students are adding thousands of new majors

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Temple has started a master’s degree in sport business, among the 41,446 degree or certificate programs colleges and universities have added since 2012. Related: How one university is luring coveted honors students with social justice. Students walk on the Temple University campus in Philadelphia. Choose as many as you like.

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How to find minority teachers who want to stay in the job?

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Elizabeth Pérez, a new teacher joining PUC Schools through the Alumni Teach Project, and her mentor, humanities teacher Joe Garza, during a training session in July. The program’s emphasis on social justice has also taught him how to craft better lessons. Photo: Jamie Martines.

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New faces on campus: Students of all races welcome first black presidents to largely white colleges

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The 2012 survey from the American Council on Education was sent to public and private colleges and universities across the U.S., 6 percent — The number of colleges and universities led by a black president, according to a 2012 survey from the American Council on Education (13.3 percent of the U.S. population is black).

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How can being bilingual be an asset for white students and a deficit for immigrants?

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We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”. The same is true of the Muñiz Academy, which opened in 2012 as the city’s first such high school. Ángel Díaz, 16, works on an assignment in his Spanish-language humanities class at Margarita Muñiz Academy in Boston. Photo: Tara García Mathewson.

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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

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Adults with workplace skills such as human resources training or financial management deserve credit for such college-level learning, said Mathew Bergman, an associate professor at the University of Louisville who is a national expert in adult learning and teaches in the program. “If Yet, higher education has been a tough sell in Kentucky.

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Universities try to catch up to their growing Latinx populations

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Leave this field empty if you're human: But after years working seasonal jobs sorting equipment at the local Ford plant and dealing blackjack at nearby casinos, Perez wanted to rise to a management position — and she couldn’t without a bachelor’s degree. It closed its child care center in 2012, citing low demand. Weekly Update.