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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.

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The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma

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This semester, the Community College of Aurora rolled out the first microcredentials in its history. These short courses offer students the opportunity to study behavioral health, which aligns with jobs in our region related to human services, sociology, counseling, psychology and social work.

Education 139
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College admissions is already broken. What will happen if affirmative action is banned?

The Hechinger Report

The film is a straightforward history lesson and explainer, and a great way to understand this highly fraught debate over fairness and meritocracy. The film also provides a clear picture of the arguments and history behind the specific lawsuits the court will soon hear, and shows how they have divided Asian American and other communities.

Sociology 130
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The pandemic is speeding up the mass disappearance of men from college

The Hechinger Report

percent in the fall, or by more than 461,000 students compared to the fall of 2019, the decline among men was more than seven times as steep as the decline among women, according to an analysis of figures from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. “It Now he plans to get a degree in sociology.

Sociology 145
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The paradox of working while in college

The Hechinger Report

But it was publicly presented in Toronto in May 2019 at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Paul Attewell, a sociology and education professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is the second author. Previous research has relied on student academic records.

Sociology 111
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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

The Hechinger Report

By month’s end, there were 665 (including Reilly), which was more than double the college’s June 2019 applications. “We Missouri’s Fast Track Workforce Incentive Grant, created in 2019 to target those 25 and older, has a “clawback” provision so students who don’t fulfill requirements must repay it as a loan with interest.

Economics 144
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Inside the Reardon-Hanushek clash over 50 years of achievement gaps

The Hechinger Report

Hanushek, who is known for igniting provocative research debates in education, launched this one in March 2019, when he and Paul Petersen of Harvard University released their research and directly challenged Reardon’s assertion that achievement gaps between rich and poor had grown.

Sociology 111