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Beyond the Classroom: Building Faculty Capacity for Success: Virtual Workshop

Political Science Now

In 2017, she was elected to serve on APSA council and was the first community college faculty member to ever be elected to this position. in Sociology from Stanford University and a Ph.D. He is also a member of the Chatbots, AI, Student Learning, and Education (CASTLE) Taskforce, exploring the intersection of technology and pedagogy.

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

The Hechinger Report

Each elementary school focuses on a specific area — engineering, math and science, the arts, leadership, or foreign languages, among others. In 2017, Greenville County Schools awarded 601 industry certifications to students. But the approach has taken hold in totally different business landscapes, too.

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At top colleges that train America’s elite, veterans are an almost invisible minority

The Hechinger Report

In his sociology class, the Western Way of War, he felt it might add to the conversation. “I In 2017, however, Brown began to waive application fees for veterans and guarantee phone interviews, so she and her husband, who also served in the Marines, applied. In leadership and life, symbolism counts.

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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

The Hechinger Report

In late 2017, she was laid off. Recently, she started classes toward a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership and learning at the University of Louisville. After her pay rose by just $1.60 an hour in five years, she took an administrative job at an automotive manufacturer that assembled car headlamps.

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

Paul was one of three state colleges to receive a state “equity in education” grant in 2017. Compared to their white peers, students of color are more likely to attend low-performing public primary and secondary schools with inexperienced teachers and high leadership turnover. Otherwise, they’re going to be a liability to society.”.

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Curricular Innovations in Political Science at Community Colleges: APSA’s Committee on the Status of Community Colleges Virtual Workshop Series

Political Science Now

She has also developed the following readers: Women in Politics, American Public Policy and the current Anthology, Social Justice Movements ©2017, Cognella Academic Publishing and the 2nd edition, Social Justice Movements ©2023. in Sociology from Stanford University and a Ph.D. She holds a B.A.

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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. Brian Beabout, , a former New Orleans teacher who now studies the city’s charter schools as an associate professor of educational leadership at the University of New Orleans.