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CCS Students Celebrate Poetry with Unique Book Designs for InsideOut Literary Arts Sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Financial Services

College for Creative Study

Paramount to the nonprofit’s goal is the conviction to lift every unique and collective voice through transformative creative writing programs. Founded in 1995, InsideOut is Detroit’s largest and oldest literary nonprofit organization. One group of students was selected to have their book professionally printed and published.

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Scholars: Racial Backlash Robs White Students of U.S. History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Elementary school teachers have been forced to empty their classroom libraries in response to a law requiring that all books be approved by a media specialist as free of “unsolicited theories that may lead to student indoctrination.” One is Vitale, author of the book The End of Policing — which Sen. Fifteen have passed.

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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

a Black and Southeast Asian nonprofit organization that works with low- to no-income communities of color. Because I am interested in activism and social justice, I identify as an activist,” says Lopez, who has written and edited several books including Micro Media Industries: Hmong American Media Innovation in the Diaspora.

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Higher Ed Prepares to Celebrate the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Center for Nonviolent Social Change, a nonprofit organization founded by King’s widow, Coretta Scott King, as a living memorial to King’s philosophies and dedication to progress. Journalists Toluse Olornnipa and Robert Samuels will discuss their new book, His Name is George Floyd , connecting the past with the present.

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Charlie Baker Goes to the NCAA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For Charlie Baker, there are a lot of things similar about being a governor and the president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) — the nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics at about 1,100 schools across the nation.

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How Higher Ed Can Help Underserved Communities Access Broadband

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mossberger presented her research at a webinar hosted by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), a membership organization that advances the democratic purpose of higher education. Choosing the Future: Technology and Opportunity in Communities , a book Mossberger coauthored with Dr. Caroline J.

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Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit library in San Francisco, has grown into one of the most important cultural institutions of the modern age. Fewer are familiar with its other extraordinary collections, which include 41 million digitized books and texts, with more than three million books available to borrow.

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