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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

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Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. My desire to know exploded.

History 105
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Rural universities, already few and far between, are being stripped of majors

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The University of Alaska system has scaled back more than 40 academic programs , including earth sciences, geography and environmental resources, sociology, hospitality administration and theater. Spending on higher education fell in 16 of the 20 most rural states between 2008 and 2018, when adjusted for inflation.

Geography 132
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A Fifth of Students at Community College Are Still in High School

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Some of them travel to the campus during the school day to take courses in introductory English, history, psychology and sociology. From 2018 to 2023, the college recorded a 39 percent increase in Monmouth County high school students enrolling in its college-level courses. That push is evident at Brookdale.

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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

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Will history repeat? Former Florida governor and now senator Rick Scott set up a task force that recommended public universities charge more for “non-strategic majors” such as history and English. “Is Edinboro University, a public institution in Pennsylvania, cut 31 degree programs and concentrations in 2018, including music.

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The paradox of working while in college

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A 2018 Georgetown University study found that students who worked had lower grades and were more likely to drop out. Paul Attewell, a sociology and education professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is the second author. Working while in college is risky. The risk was especially high for low-income students.

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

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Thompson, whose father “was an illiterate coal miner” and mother only completed eighth grade, but who earned a doctorate in sociology, said raising educational levels is critical to prosperity in the state. There is a direct correlation between building wealth and having a highly educated workforce,” he said. Reilly’s first day is Aug.

Economics 144
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At top colleges that train America’s elite, veterans are an almost invisible minority

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In his sociology class, the Western Way of War, he felt it might add to the conversation. “I I don’t like to lead with this about myself,” he said during a discussion group on Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War, “but I’m a veteran and I’ve been to war.”. “A