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Civil Rights Leaders Declare The Freedom To Learn at Rally in Washington D.C.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The annual Freedom to Learn DC Rally convenes at the Library of Congress, and participants will march to the U. ET and march from the Library of Congress, 68 First St. Organizers with the Freedom to Learn (F2L) network and the Right to Learn (R2L) coalition are planning a rally May 3 in Washington, D.C. NE, Washington, DC 20543.

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Young Black Men Project, Fitting in for Black Men, Boys Showcased at BMRI’s Symposium

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The convening continued its conversation on the mental health of African American men at the Woodruff Library in the heart of the Atlanta University Center. There are so many things being thrown at them from multiple parts of their lives, family, friends, and social justice, and it’s all about sustainability,” Watkins said. “We

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Recognizing Great Work in Assessment: 2nd Annual SAAL Awards!

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Equity-Minded Assessment Award Team or individual award for living out the values of equity, diversity, inclusion and social justice and ensuring they are a meaningful part of assessment work. In Spring 2024, the Basic Needs Program partnered with UO Libraries to address the issue of textbook affordability.

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Public invited to virtual Ridgewater diversity and social justice events

Ridgewater College

Our Social Justice Speaker Series is one of the ways we seek to do that. – Dr. Anton Treuer , professor of Ojibwe and author of several books, will speak for Native American and Alaska Native Heritage month. Computers are available in the Willmar and Hutchinson campus libraries for students or the public.

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Rehumanizing the Research University

Confessions of a Community College Dean

She is the author of two important books on the history of immigration and childhood, The Revolution Is for the Children: The Politics of Childhood in Havana and Miami, 1959-1962 and Suffer the Little Children , a history of U.S. None were pedagogues; they were mentors, who treated me as if I had ideas worth considering.

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Ten campus living-learning communities to model

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Some are more ideological, touching on interfaith, sustainability, conflict resolution, leadership or social justice. Cabin Bob also boasts a Homestead library, with books related to Homesteaders’ lives and interests as well as a study space, adding another academic dimension to the living-learning community.

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Engaging students in learning outside the university

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

An opportunity for students to gain developmental, transferable skills by learning outside the library and the lecture theatre from the start. The creation of a porous element beyond the somewhat cloistered university environment, such that students could make experiential connections between ‘book learning’ and ‘real life’.