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Learn more about: Exploring Indigenous Governance and Cultural Evolution in Oaxaca, Mexico

Political Science Now

Project Title:Exploring Indigenous Governance and Cultural Evolution in Oaxaca, Mexico Mauricio Fernndez Duque, Dartmouth College Mauricio Fernndez Duque is an assistant professor at CIDE and a visiting scholar at Dartmouth. Read about the funded projects.

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Active learning as a pedagogical strategy to enhance the learning of anthropology

Teaching Anthropology

Previous studies have shown that this strategy has been successful at reducing failure rates in STEM courses at university (Talbert et al., 2019) and at raising learner satisfaction as they enjoy their courses more (Lumpkin et al., Copeland T., & Dengah, F. Involve me and I learn”: Teaching and applying anthropology. Lumpkin, A. &

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At Georgia State, black students find comfort and academic success

The Hechinger Report

With its jumble of slate-gray concrete buildings mixed in with the skyscrapers of downtown Atlanta, Georgia State now graduates more black students with bachelor’s degrees every year than any other nonprofit school in the United States ( 1,777 in 2015 ). We have a culture that supports you,’ ” said Holloman. Photo: Terrell Clark.

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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

The Hechinger Report

It was two weeks before the university would be abruptly shut down by the coronavirus, and every corner of the campus seemed jampacked — except this quiet classroom, where a handful of students were studying the societies and cultures of the Caribbean. So the projects brought in teams from African studies programs who understood the culture.

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

The Hechinger Report

in 2015 were white. During my 12 years of teaching sociology, social justice and critical race theory at the university level and in my role as a director of student diversity and inclusion, I have also seen students shift in their approach to diversity. A diverse faculty supports student inclusion.

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College Uncovered: The Rural Higher Education Blues

The Hechinger Report

Researchers say that’s because they feel out of step with campus culture. West Virginia’s enrollment is down by 10 percent since 2015. Just since 2016, the proportion of rural students who enroll in college has dropped even more. They’re also more likely to drop out than their urban and suburban classmates.

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Nearly all the seniors at this charter school went to college. Only 6 out of 52 finished on time

The Hechinger Report

She sat in the front row for the sociology and biology seminars, but couldn’t concentrate in a room with more than 30 classmates. In the fall of 2015, after Williams failed a third semester, she began to question whether college was the surest path to the life she wanted. But she was tired. Neither had had an easy time.