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OPINION: 3 ways that colleges can support underrepresented students after the Harvard case

The Hechinger Report

Trial arguments closed last month in the Harvard University discrimination case brought in 2014 by Students for Fair Admissions claiming that Harvard discriminates against Asian Americans in the admissions process. The ruling in the case in federal district court is likely to favor Harvard.

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Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

Gifted education needs to diversify, they said — for racial and social justice, and because otherwise it might not survive. In 2014, a group of Buffalo parents filed a racial discrimination complaint with the U.S. Buffalo administrators say they want to improve social and racial justice, especially in the area of discipline.

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

The third-generation Japanese American congresswoman was a trailblazer who advocated for women’s rights, civil rights, education, and social justice. After selling her business in 2014 for $500 million, she has launched new companies and invested many women-owned businesses.

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In Memoriam: Sharon James

Society for Classical Studies

For many scholars, Professor James was the first person to introduce them to issues of social justice in research: how even the choice of a topic can be political, how to work with what we have and to try to learn more about what we do not, and why it even matters in the first place. one can always recognize a c.v.