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OPINION: Legacy admissions are unnecessary, raise moral concerns and exclude deserving students

The Hechinger Report

In 2020 for example, MacKenzie Scott donated $560 million to 23 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In other contexts, when a donation is linked to a wrong, or a human rights violation, the donor is seen as complicit in that wrong. Some are guided by a moral compass. But who is excluded from that community?

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How Water Insecurity Impacts Women’s Health

Sapiens

Working in Indonesia and Peru, we also use this research, and our close partnerships with local communities and organizations, to spur action that supports gender equality and the basic human right to water. For government authorities, we created policy briefs, translated into Bahasa Indonesian and Spanish. An estimated “1.8

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A school created a homeless shelter in the gym and it paid off in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

A 2020 report from UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools, funded in part by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, found that several indicators of educational distress — including suspensions and absenteeism rates — are, on average, worse for Black, American Indian, Pacific Islander, and multiracial students experiencing homelessness. (The

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Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy Appointed as the Next Executive Director of the American Political Science Association

Political Science Now

million dollar Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) (2020-2023 and 2023-2026). million dollars in 2021; and serving as the co-Principal Investigator on the National Science Foundation (NSF) $1.4

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Learn how Political Science Students are Improving Wikipedia

MPSA

In a course on African Politics , students created new articles on Voting rights in Nigeria as well as Child soldiers in Uganda. They expanded the entries on the Constitution of Ghana as well as Human rights in Ethiopia.

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Civics U: What Form is Best, and What’s the Difference? Part 2 – Comparing Countries

Civics U

Preface Part I briefly summarized democracy and capitalism, socialism, and communism as major and currently familiar forms of government and economy, and the predominant systems in the United States, Russia, and China respectively. The country has a wealth of oil and gas reserves, and the government has control over major economic activities.

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Teach About Toxins and Organizing for Environmental Justice

Zinn Education Project

Learn More Fight for Life in Cancer Alley New Human Rights Watch Report Human Rights Watch released a devastating new report called, “We’re Dying Here”: The Fight for Life in a Louisiana Fossil Fuel Sacrifice Zone. Download the lesson for free.