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The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma

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These short courses offer students the opportunity to study behavioral health, which aligns with jobs in our region related to human services, sociology, counseling, psychology and social work. This semester, the Community College of Aurora rolled out the first microcredentials in its history.

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

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Heather Hunter, a psychology major at Wichita State University who has a part-time job in a foster-care agency, said only four high school students in foster care showed up for a workshop to help them fill out that federal form required to qualify for financial aid. We have to fight three times as hard now.”. College enrollments have fallen.

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A Fifth of Students at Community College Are Still in High School

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Some of them travel to the campus during the school day to take courses in introductory English, history, psychology and sociology. Of the nearly 10,000 students enrolled at Brookdale Community College in central New Jersey, about 17 percent are still in high school.

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

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This is her second year in the profession, and the Illinois State Board of Education recently recognized her as the 2023 Outstanding Teacher of the Year ! Gariecia was in my Sociology of Class, Gender, and Race elective during the 2016-2017 academic year. Paula Katrina, Victoria & Gariecia are all Golden Apple Scholars.

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As Humanities Fight for Support, New Journal Aims to Celebrate Their Role in Public Life

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That includes, the editors note, anthropology, archaeology, classics, cultural studies, disability studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, history, law, linguistics, literary studies, performing arts, religious studies, philosophy, postcolonial studies, queer studies, psychology, sociology, visual arts, and women's studies.