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College ‘Deserts’ Disproportionately Deter Black and Hispanic Students from Higher Ed

ED Surge

The results are particularly important at a time when more colleges are struggling to remain open , says Riley Acton, an assistant professor of economics at Miami University in Ohio and one of the researchers who worked on the new study. “If

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It’s Time to Replace “Prehistory” With “Deep History”

Sapiens

An image of the rice terraces from 2016 showcases the enduring relationship between the Ifugao people and their landscape. This shift, along with the construction of extensive terraces, enabled the Ifugao to consolidate their economic and political power in the highlands.

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How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

Sapiens

In addition, colonial economics created food shortages in Banda and across West Africa. As Logan wrote in a 2016 American Anthropologist article , “chronic food insecurity is a condition that was made rather than a condition that has always been.” Outside forces uprooted that security.

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Plants and People of Borneo: A Cultural and Ecological Connection

Anthropology.net

Beyond its economic role, the tualang holds profound cultural and spiritual significance for many indigenous groups. Source: Land Use Policy, 2016. Diverse Values of Nature and the IPBES Conceptual Framework Examines the incorporation of diverse cultural, spiritual, and economic values of nature within the IPBES framework.

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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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Tracing Roti’s Pasts, Presents, and Futures

Sapiens

In many cases, making roti wasnt a willful choice but an economic necessityor part of unpaid domestic laborwithin a highly gendered and classed society. Since 2016, the women-led Rolex Initiative has held an annual festival to celebrate the Ugandan Rolex and the street vendors who made it world famous.

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Learning Transformed #LT8Keys

A Principal's Reflections

Even though this was gratifying work there was still something missing that I could not put my finger on until early in 2016. The work over those years put me into a position of authoring several books and sharing our successes across the United States and then the world.