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Plants and People of Borneo: A Cultural and Ecological Connection

Anthropology.net

A new biocultural database, developed by researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), reveals the profound connections between Borneo’s rich plant life and the survival, traditions, and identity of its people. Marks on this trunk reveal traces of wooden plugs used in traditional honey harvesting.

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OPINION: Why every high school student needs a work-based experience

The Hechinger Report

The result is that we are losing the energy, intelligence and creativity young people could and should bring to New York’s economic recovery. We are losing the energy, intelligence and creativity young people could and should bring to New York’s economic recovery. The time is right. Can the proposed three-tier initiative work?

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Three reasons why so few eighth graders in the poorest schools take algebra

The Hechinger Report

While 25 percent of white students passed algebra in eighth grade in 2021, only 13 percent of Black students did, according to the most recent data from the U.S. It’s also not economically practical for many low-income middle schools to offer an Algebra 1 course when only a handful of students are advanced enough to take it.

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The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma

ED Surge

In order to understand the significance of microcredentials, their ability to help meet workforce demands , and the dilemma these short-term credentials are causing to traditional higher education, we must first walk through the ways college has evolved during its nearly 400 years of history in our nation. According to historian Benjamin T.

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OPINION: With a little extra help and support, rural students can overcome daunting barriers to higher education

The Hechinger Report

Students seeking a traditional four-year college experience in their home state must travel more than 225 miles to Montana State University in Billings. There’s also a big payoff: According to Montana state officials, of Montana jobs paying more than $50,000 a year created between 2011 and 2021, 63 percent went to degree holders.

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3 Native American women head to college in the pandemic. Will they get a sophomore year? 

The Hechinger Report

Students on the Fort Lewis College campus in April 2021. When Cante donned her purple ribbon skirt, a traditional garment worn by some Native women, to commemorate Indigenous Peoples Day in October, another student approached her. angu Lakota, San Carlos Apache and Quechan, holds a traditional Great Lakes lacrosse stick.

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‘Wasted money’: How career-training companies scoop up federal funds with little oversight

The Hechinger Report

After finishing the roughly seven-month-long program and passing her certification exam in late 2021, she found that no one would hire her. Like hundreds of similar programs, it receives millions in tuition dollars, not from traditional student aid, but from the Departments of Labor and Defense.