The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In recent years, the group’s advocacy has led to changes in the district’s graduation requirements, to align them with admissions requirements for California’s university systems, and an expansion of funding for an after-school meal program that had been cut by the school board. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

Civics 143

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

Since 2015, when Florida State University began to counsel incoming freshmen on the wisdom of 15 credits, those who took the advice have actually earned higher G.P.A.’s. Let’s say you are a Florida State University student looking for a class to fulfill its history/social science requirement. TRANSFERRING.

Archaeology 84

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I first became privy to the existence of APSA as an organization while pursuing my undergraduate degree in Political Science at Tuskegee University, though it was introduced more as an abstract oversight organization rather than a professional organization that brings together political scientists and scholars.

Political Science 49

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

He’s the president of Heterodox Academy, a nonpartisan advocacy group of academics working to counteract what it sees as a lack of viewpoint diversity on college campuses, especially when it comes to political diversity. And so that’s a reason why the social science might not be as robust as it might be.

Civics 89

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