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Park tackles in her book, Race on Campus: Debunking Myths with Data. At the end of this book review, we also have an exclusive Q&A with Park. A secondary goal of the book is to unpack the origins of race-related myths in higher education, and critique the persistent spread of misinformation.
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It was me, my sister, and our closest friends who were actually German study abroad students, so we learned a lot about Germany. After class, we would either go to the studentunion or back to our apartment. We also had a Canadian friend, so we would usually meet up for lunch. Lots and lots of buses. I got very used to that.
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Phil Pilkington’s former roles include Chair of Middlesex University Students’ Union Board of Trustees, and CEO of Coventry University Students’ Union. They may be used as a form of deception, as implied by the Turing Test, but they could also be used as a tool for greater understanding of a discipline.
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The cost of non-compliance is very high for our students: how could a student who has accumulated an average of 45k student debt with already insecure graduate employment trajectory drop everything and revolt? Second, our universities have never emphasised student voice as much as they do today.
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