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

The Hechinger Report

Until now, the work has been done by students of sociology and psychology and anthropology. Some scholars who have been studying veterans have published their work in the Journal of Veterans Studies , which was established in 2016 by Mariana Grohowski, who is also the editor.

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GSA 2023 Keynote Speech: STRIVING FOR MENTAL WELL-BEING IN ACADEMIA

Anthropology 365

Research from King’s College London reported that mental health crises among university students nearly tripled between 2016 and 2023. In my discipline of anthropology—a field inherently concerned with both cultural and biological diversity—there is an unsettling paradox.

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The Virtual Mystery Webtool: Open access online Hybridized Problem-based Learning

Teaching Anthropology

In PBL small groups of students work on a practical case study, both independently and collaboratively, to come up with open ended solutions (see Fukuzawa & Boyd, 2016). The VMP content spans the subfields of biological anthropology (evolutionary, primatology), and archaeology. Psychology and Forensic Chemistry), and Institutions.

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Will that college degree pay off? Now you can finally see the numbers

The Hechinger Report

A bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Ithaca College costs $132,656, on average, and two years later, graduates are earning $19,227. Between 300,000 and 460,000 students per year defaulted on their loans from 2016 to 2018, according to the U.S. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. Department of Education; 5.3

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Gaza’s Deaf Community in the Face of Genocide

Sapiens

In 2016, as a master’s student, I published an article in Boston University’s Pardee Periodical (now The Pardee Atlas: Journal of Global Affairs ) about a new initiative at the ASDC to support their students. Many of the people I know through my research in Jordan are Palestinian, have family in Palestine, and/or are of Palestinian descent.

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Trump plan would base student loans on employability

The Hechinger Report

percent in March 2016, for new arts, law and public policy graduates it was 8.5 If a student and their family are paying tens of thousands of dollars per year to study anthropology, they should have some idea about the job prospects. and ‘Will my kid get a job?’ ”. percent in March 2011 to 4.2