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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

The Hechinger Report

These have included anthropology, philosophy, languages, art, theater, music and women’s and African American studies. Everybody’s already talking about program reviews,” said Rudy Fichtenbaum, a professor of economics at Wright State University in Ohio and president of the American Association of University Professors.

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The Politics and Limits of Aspiration

Anthropology News

Their mission is to “transform the educational aspirations and economic realities” of township communities by preparing youth for first-generation higher education and social mobility. These schools often frame their efforts in social justice terms.

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OPINION: Is this minority group too small to have a voice on campus?

The Hechinger Report

On the surface, the purpose of higher education is to support all students in their growth academically, socially and economically. in anthropology. Our study documents some of the ways that the historical processes of colonization and displacement are reproduced in the United States, specifically through the education system.

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Putting Language to Work in the Dominican Republic 

Anthropology News

This headline provoked intense conversation among youth in a language and social justice course I developed with three multilingual educators at a nonprofit organization (Institute for the Future, IFF). The post Putting Language to Work in the Dominican Republic appeared first on Anthropology News.

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Practicing Self-Care Beyond Self

Anthropology News

Earlier in the interview, she had spoken at length about her familys lower economic status, which caused her significant distress during her adolescence. Aaron Su and Jieun Cho are the section contributing editors for the Society for East Asian Anthropology.