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More universities and colleges reach out to boost their home communities

The Hechinger Report

These aren’t undergraduate economics majors. Their endowment holdings alone add up to nearly half a trillion dollars and they have an annual economic impact of $1 trillion and employ nearly 4 million people, the Progressive Policy Institute reports. A growing number are diverting a little of that wealth to their communities.

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Baltimore students need more than space heaters; they need justice

The Hechinger Report

Students shivering in winter coats while trying to learn is horrific in itself, but the malfunctioning boilers are a metaphor for the wider problems with the criminal justice systems, schools, housing and economic development plans in the “Charm City.”. Related: COLUMN: Open letter to teachers who feel trapped in racist schools.