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University of Kentucky trains teachers in Holocaust education

Inside Higher Ed

The Holocaust Education Initiative, run by UK professors and funded by a grant from the Jewish Heritage Fund, aims to prepare teachers to meet state standards of a 2018 law requiring Holocaust education at Kentucky public schools. Teachers who participate receive a $250 stipend.

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Bills censoring K-12 teaching affect higher ed too (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Legislators have introduced nearly 200 such “educational gag order” bills in 42 states. Educators prohibited from teaching history with professional integrity cannot provide students the resources they need to become responsible citizens in a democratic society. We have news for these legislators.

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Seeking fiscal transparency for public colleges

Inside Higher Ed

One bill would require institutions to file an annual fiscal monitoring report with the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education—New Jersey’s highest authority on higher ed, who answers to the governor—and submit to an audit by that office every three years. New Jersey invested nearly $2.8

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Teachers as Transformers

Inside Higher Ed

To better understand how higher education got to where it is today, you might read Harvey J. To better understand how higher education got to where it is today, you might read Harvey J. The post-World War II history of American higher education is filled with ironies. No careful sequence of activities. See you in four years."