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A college where the graduation rate for black students has been 0 percent — for years

The Hechinger Report

Campus culture is a major factor in student success, research has found. Ashtabula regularly has more than a dozen tutors available, and can increase the number depending on need, said Carol Jones, coordinator of academic services. Diverse college classrooms can help students sharpen their critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.

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Chinese “parachute kids” tackle U.S. schools on their own

The Hechinger Report

Mary Li-Ling Liang, Director of Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles attributed the increase in the number of Taiwanese students attending public schools here, while their parents remain in Taiwan, to parental concerns about their country’s educational system and political future.

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Transitioning with Grace and Gratitude  

Anthropology News

For example, as conferences moved to an online format, a Nicaraguan colleague and I were able to co-present a paper on decolonizing critical thinking in English teaching at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference in 2021.