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We All Pay for Not Addressing the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The impact of these systemic issues extend beyond the individuals directly affected, seeping into the fabric of the broader society and affecting us all. By recognizing the critical interplay between education and incarceration rates, higher education institutions have a unique opportunity to drive change and foster a more equitable society.

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Teaching Information Literacy in an Age of Misinformation 

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I didn’t realize until my student made the comment above on how the broader shift in our society toward scientific skepticism would bear out in the classroom. I do so to (1) show students how accessible they are and (2) reinforce how sociologists “know what we know” about society.

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Report: Over 500 Years To Black Economic Equality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Unemployment has historically been low for African Americans over the previous few years. Since 2018, Black unemployment has reached record lows of 5%. It would be good for the whole society, the level of polarization, both along racial lines and just around." Significant progress has also been made in academia.

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How Colleges Can Help Close K-12 Achievement Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

The United States differs from other post-industrial societies in its extremely high rate of concentrated poverty, which closely correlates with levels of family instability, housing and food insecurity, stress and clinical depression, violence and crime, and other factors that may adversely affect academic performance.

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Teaching Information Literacy in an Age of Misinformation 

Faculty Focus

I didn’t realize until my student made the comment above on how the broader shift in our society toward scientific skepticism would bear out in the classroom. I do so to (1) show students how accessible they are and (2) reinforce how sociologists “know what we know” about society.

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Let’s not forget about autistic graduates: Shining a spotlight on the disadvantage experienced by this growing group

HEPI

Autistic graduates experience higher unemployment levels than all other disabled graduate groups. For the sake of all autistic individuals, the wider economy and society as a whole, every form of disadvantage experienced by autistic individuals in the workplace must be recognised and removed.

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Finland moves towards higher tuition fees for non-EU students

The PIE News

The students will integrate also better in the society if they… don’t have a very separate financial situation from the domestic students.” “Our Our main core value is free education for all,” said Yuri Birjulin, international affairs and EU advocacy advisor at SYL.