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UA Libraries’ Digital Archival Project Empowers Voices Among U.S.-Mexico Border Communities

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Serving as the heart of knowledge and scholarship in higher education, academic libraries are uniquely positioned to advance and support digital and data-driven storytelling and archival efforts, especially as they relate to marginalized communities. In addition to its inherent cross-disciplinary nature, the study of the U.S.-Mexico

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Afghan women offered chance to continue learning

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The scholarship program, developed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), aims to assist 5,000 people by the end of 2027. It is a welcome sign that our commitment to fighting for human rights for all Afghans remains strong.”. To deny women and girls access to higher education is to deny them basic human rights.

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International Day of Education 2023: “protect the rights of Afghan women”

The PIE News

The organisation’s director general took a hard stance on the “attack” on the Taliban forces banning education for women in the country, reiterating that “education is a human right”. “No No country in the world should bar women and girls from receiving an education. The UN is right to shine a global spotlight on education.

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New Health Care Schools Open with Emphasis on Workforce Development, Addressing Inequities

Insight Into Diversity

The college was renamed and reorganized from the former College of Health and Human Services. The school offers bachelor’s degrees in global health, health care management and policy, and human science as well as master’s degrees in health systems administration and global health.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s incredible the way [The Mount] truly lives the mission of our authentic inclusivity and commitment to human dignity, our obligations to each other, and our common humanity,” says Burns. That includes factoring generous scholarships into the school budget to make sure The Mount is affordable for all who wish to attend.