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Five ways to help students take smart sustainability actions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The book The Limits to Growth galvanized concern worldwide with its publication in 1972, as the authors associated with the Club of Rome wrote, “The crux of the matter is not only whether the human species will survive, but even more whether it can survive without falling into a state of worthless existence.

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How can America Encourage College Dropouts to Complete their Degrees

Edu Alliance Journal

million, while transportation jobs could grow by nearly 800,000. In July 2021 Walmart announced it will pay for full college tuition and book costs at some schools for its US workers , the latest effort by the largest private employer in the country to sweeten its benefits as it seeks to attract and retain talent in a tight job market.

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Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed: Strategies for Student Success and Employability: Changing Higher Education Podcast 157 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Kathryn Campbell and Dr. Zack Mabel

The Change Leader, Inc.

There can be a transportation, childcare, or food insecurity barrier. His first book was The Sound Bite Society on how television helps the right and hurts the left. It can involve demystifying what the college-going experience is. Someone may have lost their housing or is experiencing a mental health issue.

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Student Loans, College Costs, and Parental Self-Denial

Great College Advice

And there is no denying that systemic racism is part of the explanation, as eloquently described and painstakingly documented by Adam Harris in his book, The State Must Provide: Why America’s Colleges Have Always Been Unequal—and How to Set Them Right. And maybe some debt forgiveness from the Federal Government.

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Pain is the Point: Xenophobia and the Dangers of Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Despite their contributions toward building American transportation and economic development, these men were often targeted for economic exploitation and racism. Her award-winning book American While Black: African Americans, Immigration, and the Limits of Citizenship (Oxford University Press) examines Black public opinion on immigration.