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Notes from the UNI Education Summit

Dangerously Irrelevant

I think it’s more psychological than physical. Anthropology professor at UNI, directs the New Iowans Center. University research and policy in an era of advocacy philanthropists and agenda-setting organizations. .” – our way of subverting the system so they would leave us alone and we could have fun without being bothered.

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More people with bachelor’s degrees go back to school to learn skilled trades

The Hechinger Report

Nicole Buff got a bachelor’s degree in criminology and psychology at Indiana State University just as the last recession started. For Peter Wong, it wasn’t necessarily the bachelor’s degree in anthropology he earned at Loyola University Chicago, or even his subsequent law degree. Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report.

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 Amid clampdown on DEI, some on campuses push back

The Hechinger Report

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?”

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Trump plan would base student loans on employability

The Hechinger Report

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.