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Can Labor Save Higher Education as a Public Good?

NonProfit Quarterly

They include a spate of police actions on campuses , anti-DEI and anti-tenure legislation, academic freedom lawsuits , weaponization of accreditation , and political tests for everything from curriculum to top institutional leadership. This view is truly disruptive of historic social relationships and university hierarchies.

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Warnings of an “Unparalleled” Assault on Higher Education

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Thiago Matos on pexels.com A new preliminary report by the American Association of University Professors is sounding alarms over a slew of legislative and political maneuvers by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature. Last year, Gov. The report highlights four key findings: 1.

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Navigating Climate Justice: Empowering BIPOC Youth with Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing

NonProfit Quarterly

For instance, incorporating curriculum elements that highlight local and global examples of climate injustice can provide students with a concrete understanding of how climate change and racial injustice intersect in their communities and beyond. 39 Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reveal stark differences.

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Why Common Core Will Fail

Ken Goldstein

I''ve been thinking about this for a while, but it was brought to the fore for me last week when I attended Social Innovation Summit 2013 at Stanford University. The problem wasn''t that she or her students didn''t have access to uniform, national curriculum standards. The middle-class was the lowest rung we were expected to shoot for.

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Tackling Eco-Anxiety Through Experiential Education

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A university program I led over the past academic year offers some promising insights into supporting students through a combination of career preparation, community connection, and personal empowerment. The inaugural cohort included 15 students, representing 11 different majors and five different schools and colleges within the university.

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Doing More About Less: A Targeted Approach to Workforce Readiness

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Large class sizes, inadequate teaching and learning materials, and insufficient teacher training all present roadblocks to innovation. In addition, university enrollment doubled among all students and increased by 167 percent among young women. Educational reforms often end with curriculum change, but we kept going.

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Thank Heaven For 11: Take The Lead Celebrates 11 Years Working Toward Mission of Equity

Fundraising Leadership

Dr. Lily McNair, Take The Lead Board Chair and former President, Tuskegee University, says, I know from my own experience that organizations are stronger and more successful when women have an equal voice in leadership, says McNair. You already have more power than you might realize.