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The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma

ED Surge

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. According to the U.S. Despite the U.S.

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OPINION: With a skeptical public, higher education must do a better job explaining why college is worth the investment

The Hechinger Report

Reflecting the pressures on campuses today, a recent study indicates eroding confidence in higher education: In late 2022 only 55 percent of Americans surveyed said that “colleges and universities were having a positive effect on the way things were going,” compared with 69 percent in early 2020. dance, film, theater) to the humanities (e.g.,

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How to Build Strong Writers One Sentence at a Time: A Smart Literacy Strategy for Secondary Students

Leah Cleary

Who: The US What: Export of luxury goods to Russia When: April 2022 Where: Congress Why: Protest of Russia’s war with Ukraine How: Legislation Expanded Kernel: In April of 2022, the US Congress passed legislation prohibiting the export of luxury goods to Russia in protest of Russia’s war with Ukraine. Because, But, So Sentence Stems.

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Short Course: The Logic & Best Practices of Process Tracing (QMMR A)

Political Science Now

While the examples are primarily drawn from international relations and comparative politics, the methods we discuss are applicable to all the subfields of political science, to sociology, economics, history, business studies, public policy, and many other fields.

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The Prison to College Pipeline

The Hechinger Report

Jimmie Conner is an undergraduate at California State University, Fullerton, studying sociology and business. Louis puts students in touch with sympathetic landlords who are willing to overlook their lack of a credit history through “an informal, pick-up-the-phone pipeline,” says Kevin Windhauser, the program’s director.

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Careers at Community Colleges: Applying to Jobs at 2-Year Institutions

Political Science Now

Johnson is a tenured Instructor in Political Science, History, and Geography at Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Moorhead, MN. He has served APSA as Chair of the TLC Program Committee (2015), and as co-Editor of the Journal of Political Science Education (2016-2022). in Sociology from Stanford University and a Ph.D.

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Is California saving higher education?

The Hechinger Report

Because we had that history, because we knew what a well-functioning higher education system could do, we aspire to that again.”. Today, Mora is an associate professor of sociology at Berkeley and a mentor to other first-generation college students. We have a long history of not catering to these populations,” Mora said.

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