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Political tensions erupt at Bakersfield College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Some members of the Renegade Institute for Liberty, a controversial group of professors at Bakersfield College, are enmeshed in an increasingly vitriolic dispute playing out on the California campus that has pitted students and faculty members against each other and prompted their supporters and critics to take sides.

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The New Generation Gap

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” “Nearly 1 in 3 high school girls reported in 2021 that they seriously considered suicide. Like the Baby Boomers, today’s traditional aged students grew up in a time of social and cultural upheaval, but unlike their predecessors, also in a time of economic disruption, mounting inequality, and intense political polarization.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And since then, most faculty members and students have been thriving with either a hybrid model or in-person classes. President Joe Biden, left, is flanked by Secretary of Education Dr. Supreme Court justice, the first Black woman to serve on the highest court of the land. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Biden Administration U.S.

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