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Francis-Begay, governing council chair for the National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education. There are definitely ways to strengthen these policies, including conducting extensive research on implementation, communication and student experiences accessing state funding.”
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Department of Education to move to an expanded definition of sexual harassment, which could infringe on Baylor’s rights under the U.S. Lhamon, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in a letter to the school’s president, Dr. Linda Livingstone.
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When that’s in place, they feel student success is definitely impacted—the students feel like they belong and can thrive there, and they have multiple people checking in on them,” said Youngblood. Government and non-profit internships were also less likely to pay their interns versus the for-profit industry. “At
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