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MARCH 25, 2023

Meet Claire, a South Africa native learning from Kilkenny, Ireland. Claire has over 13 years of experience working in a SaaS environment as a multi-skilled Lead Technical Writer and Web Content Creator, but that was not always her chosen career path. Learn more about how Claire has used Coursera courses to help advance her skills in every phase of her career journey.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MARCH 25, 2023

A draft of a new faculty agreement for the Maricopa Community College District sparked controversy by proposing reducing pay for one group of faculty members to bring their wages in line with another group’s. The final version mostly nixed the pay cut, but the agreement’s critics are still concerned. The district employs two kinds of faculty members: service faculty, who teach and work as campus librarians and counselors, and instructional faculty, who only teach.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MARCH 25, 2023

As a first-generation Latina raised in a low-income, single-parent home, all I ever wanted was to leave my hometown and explore the world after graduating from high school. I was also painfully aware that this would not be my reality. Now, four years later, as I get ready to graduate from California State University, Sacramento, I realize that it was a privilege to live at home as a college student.I knew that the reality of leaving Sacramento would come with many struggles that I was not ready

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