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Rural universities, already few and far between, are being stripped of majors

The Hechinger Report

The University of Alaska system has scaled back more than 40 academic programs , including earth sciences, geography and environmental resources, sociology, hospitality administration and theater. If I was still a high school senior,” said Witherspoon, who is scheduled to graduate in the spring, “I wouldn’t come here.”.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics. We could play Fantasy Geography. And so on… .

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Learn more about: “Canadian Indian Residential Schools Data Collection Project”

Political Science Now

Project Title: Canadian Indian Residential Schools Data Collection Project Moira Lynch, University of Wisconsin – River Falls Dr. Moira Lynch (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor in the department of politics, geography and international studies at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls. Professor Lindbloom completed her M.A.

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More students question college, putting counselors in a fresh quandary

The Hechinger Report

What subjects people study, what fields they enter, even geography — all matter in determining income, said Anthony Carnevale, director of the center and a co-author of the report. Yusanat Tway, a sociology major at the University of Minnesota, wants to go to law school, then do human rights advocacy. “It

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College Uncovered: The Rural Higher Education Blues

The Hechinger Report

And Emporia State in Kansas, Missouri Western State University, the University of Alaska system. And these aren’t just a few programs here and there that were dropped, Kirk, but dozens. Criminal justice. Philosophy. Political science. Kirk: Okay, we get it. And I know you’ve done a lot of reporting on this issue.

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19 Ideas for Setting Up Your Social Studies Classroom

Let's Cultivate Greatness

I also love my 3D relief United States map , which is really helpful in explaining events and helping my students study for their semester-long US geography test series. I also have them for Civics or Sociology. Same with this larger United States map that’s 48x78in or this smaller sized 24x36in one.

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Geopsychology: Your personality depends on where you live

Strange Maps

It sounds like something cooked up after hours in the back alley between the geography and psychology departments. Also, see a working paper on regional differences in personality published in 2019 by the geography department at the University of Marburg in Germany. Science says yes, and these maps show how. Rentfrow et al.,