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Saint Leo University plans the nation’s first veteran studies bachelor’s degree program

The Hechinger Report

Will Hubbard, the interim chief policy officer at the advocacy group Veterans Education Success, said a veteran is different from someone actively serving, but it’s impossible to decouple the two. He said he believes Missouri’s program, first offered in 2014, was among the first in the country.

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Eligible but got nothing: Hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities blocked from college aid

The Hechinger Report

More than 800,000 people with disabilities found eligible for services received no assistance between 2010 and 2014, according to federal data. He lives in the Bronx, and in the fall of 2014, he was brimming with hope. Cathy Steffke, an advocacy specialist at Disability Rights Wisconsin. Photo: Meredith Kolodner.

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Eligible for job and college aid, half of Tennesseans with disabilities get nothing

The Hechinger Report

“It’s disheartening to families, and it fosters the ‘check mentality,’ ” said Carrie Guiden, executive director of The Arc of Tennessee, a nonprofit disability advocacy group, referring to government checks. More advocacy.”. They need more counselors to efficiently meet the demand for services.”. It’s a start,” said Hammett.

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Eligible for financial aid, nearly a million students never get it

The Hechinger Report

“When these programs were designed, it was an acknowledgment that there were low-income students who had need, and of the importance of going to college,” said Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy at the nonpartisan National College Access Network. Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy, National College Access Network.

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We Have to Meet in Person to Be Moved by People’s Stories

Anthropology News

Anthropology has been quite slow to embrace Helen Schwartzman’s insight in The Meeting: Gatherings in Organizations and Communities (1989) that meetings offer a vital window into collective human projects and organizations. Solitary confinement is torture, as defined by the United Nations and many of the world’s human rights organizations.

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Colleges come under closer scrutiny for holding transcripts hostage over unpaid bills

The Hechinger Report

And a coalition of advocacy groups in New York is pushing for legislation there like California’s. Now, in addition to finally applying to graduate school, Wright-Glenn is considering starting an advocacy organization for other students who can’t get their transcripts. He’s already toying with a name: Free the Grades. “I

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How a federal free meal program affected school poverty stats

The Hechinger Report

In 2014, schools had a new way to give students free breakfast and lunch, paid for by Uncle Sam. Leave this field empty if you're human: Many sounded alarms that $16 billion a year in federal aid for low-income students could be misdirected to not-so-poor schools. Photo: Tovin Lapan. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter.