The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

A report published Thursday by the Student Borrower Protection Center , a nonprofit advocacy group focused on student debt, attempts to quantify the scope of this problem. The pain from these debts is not felt evenly, researchers said. These debts are widening inequalities in who gets a degree and it inflicts financial turmoil.”.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

It means I have a level of comfort here,” said Lewis, a junior sociology major. Austin Lewis, 21, said he’s had more black instructors in his last two semesters at Georgia State than he had in all his previous school years combined. “It Georgia State’s success has received national attention and numerous accolades.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2019

With her undergraduate degree in sociology and political science, “I couldn’t get anything more than serving jobs — not to dis on serving jobs,” said Jackie Vazquez-Aldana, a second-year law student at St. With her undergraduate degree, “I couldn’t get anything more than serving jobs,” says Vazquez-Aldana.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

Yet another group comprised of labor unions, students and advocacy groups has been analyzing universities’ investments in hedge funds, which these activists — who call themselves Hedge Clippers — say are bad risks with high fees. The average so-called “effective spending rate” at universities is 4.4 percent, NACUBO and Commonfund report.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

Several weeks ago, for example, staff offices at Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Inclusion, Diversity Education and Advocacy in Boca Raton were vacant, with name plates blank and abandoned desks, plus LGBTQ+ flags, posters and pamphlets left behind. There is also mounting resistance to the laws.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

Until now, the work has been done by students of sociology and psychology and anthropology. Will Hubbard, the interim chief policy officer at the advocacy group Veterans Education Success, said a veteran is different from someone actively serving, but it’s impossible to decouple the two.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Instead, lasting change likely requires sustained advocacy, legal protections, and broader cultural shifts that keep these issues visible beyond moments of crisis. Jack Wippell is a PhD Student in the Department of Sociology at The Ohio State University.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2020

Among other subjects, the students here take courses in sociology, psychology, English composition, science and math — all at the site of the kind of business where the principles they learn in the classroom and from textbooks can be put into practice. Same thing here.”.

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ED Surge

APRIL 6, 2022

She’s studying public policy and sociology there, in addition to playing Ultimate Frisbee, starting a chapter of a student-advocacy organization and interning at the Georgia General Assembly for the 2022 legislative session. She wondered whether it made sense to enroll at the technology powerhouse of a university.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Today, Mora is an associate professor of sociology at Berkeley and a mentor to other first-generation college students. Lumina is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report, which co-produced this story.). The group provides paid fellowships for students to spend a semester lobbying politicians on college costs.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2025

That includes, the editors note, anthropology, archaeology, classics, cultural studies, disability studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, history, law, linguistics, literary studies, performing arts, religious studies, philosophy, postcolonial studies, queer studies, psychology, sociology, visual arts, and women's studies.

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