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H.L. Mencken on Public Education
What H.L. Mencken thought was the case in his day likely remains the case today: Public schools have “done more harm than good.” How could they not, Mencken asked. Having taken the “care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents, where it belongs,” the politicians of his day had “thrown” the entire…
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Education can change local perception of bats, help conserve species, study says
Researchers in North Sumatra found that local farmers’ awareness of bats’ role in pollinating durian crops was low. Some bat species are in decline in the study area, partly due to hunting. Increasing knowledge of ecosystem services is key to conserving bats and supporting communities in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, according to a recent study…
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Calling Out the Cult of Social Justice Education › American Greatness
In both substance and in method, “social justice education” in the American university constitutes a cult. “Social justice education” serves as an umbrella term for a family of “pedagogies,” all of which utilize coercive persuasion as a tool for conversion to a clearly identifiable ideology, which is primitive, paranoid, and Manichean. “Antiracist pedagogy” and “critical…
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Abrams and Warnock need rural Black voters to turnout again : NPR
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock’s campaign bus tour in Albany, Ga., on Aug. 29, 2022. Nicole Buchanan for NPR hide caption U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock’s campaign bus tour in Albany, Ga., on Aug. 29, 2022. ALBANY, Ga. – Johnnie Armstrong says he has voted in Albany since 1955, so he remembers an era when local officials…
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Stephanie Allain Becomes First Black Woman President At Producers Guild of America
Stephanie Allain is making history over at the Producers Guild of America (PGA) by becoming the company’s first Black female president. On Tuesday, the PGA announced Allain and Donald De Line as its new presidents, Deadline reports. Allain and De Line had been running against each other to replace outgoing presidents Gail Berman and Lucy…
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Gender pay gap and the fight for equal pay
It’s a common thought that salaries of women are lesser than that of men. According to many Human Resources executives, women prefer to choose lower paying jobs as they have fewer responsibilities and less competition. Besides this, there is a difference between men and females in education choices, preferred industry, and job experience. Apart from…
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Federal Rule Change Likely to Impact International and Immigrant Students
While the U.S. public-charge rule has existed since the 1990s, the new version recently published has far-reaching implications for immigrant and international students and their families. The rule requires individuals seeking to enter the U.S. either as immigrants or nonimmigrants to show they are self-sufficient and will not require public resources, including government benefits such…
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Impostor Syndrome, Black College Students and How Administrators Can Help
Operation Varsity Blues, the recent college admissions scandal that has rocked the nation, has raised many debates around ethics in college admissions. While media attention surrounding this scandal has faded somewhat from the headlines, the negative racialized experiences of Black students (e.g., such as seeing nooses and Confederate statues around campus, having one’s status as…
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How One Mom Is Fighting Against Big Education and for Free Speech
Free speech has been under attack for a long time on college campuses. Now more than ever, students and parents need tools to navigate the woke culture within education. “I think we see college administrators giving themselves huge powers because … they have these speech codes, where they ban ‘hateful’ speech, ‘offensive’ speech, and sure,…
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HBCU Storytellers – Making Institutional History Come to Life | Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
For North Carolina Agricultural & Technical (NCA&T) University, the 2017 headlines were the last straw. NCA&T is an Historically Black institution in Greensboro, N.C. On Oct. 8, 2017, John Cook was murdered at an apartment complex on the west side of the city. Cook had attended NCA&T three years before, and police shared that detail…