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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors

The Hechinger Report

Cloud State University in Minnesota is cutting 42 degree programs , for example, including criminal justice, gerontology, history, electrical and environmental engineering, economics and physics. Fifty-five percent enroll right after high school , down from 61 percent in 2016 , according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

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Application of Archaeological Anthropology and Cultural Resources Management

Anthropology for Beginners

Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn (2016) Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice. The presentation of the findings of archaeology to the public cannot avoid difficult political issues, and the museum curator and the popularizer today have responsibilities which some can be seen to have failed. New York: Thames and Hudson 2.

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Gathering Firewood—and Redefining Land Stewardship—at Bears Ears

Sapiens

In 2016, the area was granted federal status as Bears Ears National Monument (BENM). However, none have yet succeeded due to a combination of cultural, economic, and institutional barriers. The BENM encompasses 1.36 million acres and protects against the development of extractive industries such as oil, gas, and uranium.

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Doctors Are Taught to Lie About Race

Sapiens

While studying to become a physician, I was one of the lucky few who had the chance to also study human genetic evolution and its impact on health—topics missing from most medical curricula but central to fields such as biological anthropology. These fields understood that racial categories used today in the U.S.

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Jehovah’s Witness Are Learning Chinese to Evangelize in Zambia

Anthropology News

Even with increased interactions through evangelizing, there have been growing anti-Chinese sentiments in Zambia in recent years, often based in economic inequalities between the countries. September 2016. In this dimension, the interactions are not as straightforward as mere economic or political engagements.

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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

The Hechinger Report

These have included anthropology, philosophy, languages, art, theater, music and women’s and African American studies. Everybody’s already talking about program reviews,” said Rudy Fichtenbaum, a professor of economics at Wright State University in Ohio and president of the American Association of University Professors.

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What Counts as “Drudgery” and Who Decides?

Anthropology News

Credit: Photo by Donna Schill (2016) Woman chopping wood for cooking fuel, Udaipur district, Rajasthan The dictionary meaning of drudgery, dating back to the 1500s refers to dull, irksome, and fatiguing work; uninspiring or menial labor. appeared first on Anthropology News. What are their socioemotional qualities? What counts as work?