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OPINION: Want to save the beleaguered English major? Abandon it.

The Hechinger Report

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. Though they may not have the luxury of building from scratch, traditional universities could design degree pathways more like Minerva’s: interdisciplinary and project-based. I am a poster child for the English major.

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How Water Insecurity Impacts Women’s Health

Sapiens

As this happens, more people will encounter a confluence of water-related challenges , including substantial disease risks, constrained economic opportunities, and political instability. Scientists predict that by 2050, more than half of the global population will live in areas that suffer from water scarcity for at least a month each year.

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We must not shut low-income students out of computer sciences

The Hechinger Report

We must reimagine schools’ goals and their learning culture, and invent new approaches for learning both new and traditional subjects and topics. The traditional definition of literacy only includes reading and writing. This means that without computer science education, we are not prepared for the economic needs of our future.

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Latin American Solidarity in Changing Times  

Anthropology News

Thirteen US residents—Black, white, and brown—mixed among about 30 community members sipping tinto , a traditional sweet Colombian coffee, and listening to testimonies of those who had been threatened or lost loved ones due to illegal armed groups or mining projects.

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Linear Model Diagnostics by IR Example

Steven V. Miller

Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which ran from 2001 to 2003, was tasked with investigating the human rights abuses committed in the country during its armed conflict with Sendero Luminoso. Loyle in Journal of Peace Research on the economic benefits of post-conflict justice. Appel and Cyanne E. Some are less obvious.

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Learn how Political Science Students are Improving Wikipedia

MPSA

In a course on African Politics , students created new articles on Voting rights in Nigeria as well as Child soldiers in Uganda. They expanded the entries on the Constitution of Ghana as well as Human rights in Ethiopia. They also updated the article on Hong Kong-United States relations with newer and more relevant sources.

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Speaking Truth to Israel Requires More Than Academic Freedom

Sapiens

Human rights experts and activists have named the situation in Palestine “ scholasticide ” or “ educide ,” terms that refer to the systematic destruction of a people’s educational system. Protecting academic freedom and freedom of expression is crucial—especially given the widespread silencing of Palestinian human rights advocacy.