The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
“If students had more awareness of other options, training opportunities or workforce demand at an earlier age they might take a different path,” said Shaun Dougherty, a professor at Vanderbilt University who studies education policy. Several of these aspiring firefighters have already earned bachelor’s degrees. “So
Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 17, 2015
Anthropology professor at UNI, directs the New Iowans Center. University research and policy in an era of advocacy philanthropists and agenda-setting organizations. Foundations such as Gates and Lumina are bigger, more influential, more strategic, and directly involved in shaping federal and state education policy (K-16).
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The Hechinger Report
MAY 2, 2024
he said, noting that fields like literature, anthropology and psychology also grapple with issues of race, gender and sexuality. But more disturbing, he said, “was the absolute silence on behalf of our administrators” who failed to defend the field or challenge state “meddling” in campus curriculum. What’s next?”
Anthropology News
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
As a sixth-generation Californian currently raising a seventh generation, I look to participate in making change in language-education policy here. Tricia Niesz is the section contributing editor for the Council on Anthropology and Education.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 15, 2023
One in eight Florida high school students say they won’t go to a public university in their own state because of its education policies. Students walk across the Florida Atlantic University campus in Boca Raton, Florida.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 18, 2016
If a student and their family are paying tens of thousands of dollars per year to study anthropology, they should have some idea about the job prospects. That information just isn’t available at most schools, said Mamie Voight, director of policy research at the Institute for Higher Education Policy in Washington.
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