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OPINION: With a skeptical public, higher education must do a better job explaining why college is worth the investment

The Hechinger Report

Generally, colleges of arts and sciences are large academic units within a university that offer a range of department-led majors and areas of study, research and creative activity: from the arts (e.g., English and other languages, history, religious studies), the social sciences (e.g., In addition, the median income for U.S.

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OPINION: Lessons from Mississippi: Is there really a miracle here we can all learn from?

The Hechinger Report

Devon Brenner is the director of Social Science Research Center and a professor in the department of Teacher Education and Leadership at Mississippi State University. Gates Professor of Sociology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Pallas is the Arthur I.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics.

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From prison to dean’s list: How Danielle Metz got an education after incarceration

The Hechinger Report

She’d dropped out of high school her junior year. Cohen High School, more than half the city’s black adults didn’t have even a high school diploma, let alone a university credential. But even that goal felt unreachable after Metz became pregnant in 1985, her junior year of high school.

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