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Columbia Administration, Student Organizers Talks Fail

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Columbia University administration leaders and student organizers failed to reach agreement in negotiations that might have included the university’s divestment from Israel.

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Setting Our Compass: NCORE Kicks Off Annual Conference in Hawaii

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HONOLULU— With a focus on paying homage and respect to the land, culture, and people of Hawaii, more than 5,500 higher education practitioners gathered here this week for the annual convening of the National Conference of Race and Ethnicity i(NCORE) in Higher Education.

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How to empower student-parents in higher education: A conversation with Generation Hope

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Blogs How to empower student-parents in higher education A conversation with Generation Hope My mom had me at 17, and like many teen parents, had to put her education on hold to care for our family. Generation Hope strives to make college graduation a more common achievement for young parents.

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While Some Institutions Choose Police Response, Others Choose to Listen

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“Forty students were arrested during a sit-in of the administration building here [on Nov. Davis III, an assistant professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education and Postsecondary Education at U-M. Davis has been in U-M’s encampment several times, even offering teach-ins to the students there.

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Dr. Donovan Livingston Returns Home, Merging His Hip Hop Self with His College Advisor Self

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Donovan Livingston, award-winning educator, spoken word poet, and public speaker, has spent his career in education bridging the gap between his artistic sensibility and commitment to college access, and social justice. “A A lot of my work is grounded in how Hip Hop informs student experiences in college,” Livingston said.

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Debt Collective Erases Nearly $10M of Morehouse College Debt

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The Debt Collective, the nation’s first debtor’s union, has canceled close to $10 million in student debt for Morehouse College students. The Debt Collective have called on the Biden administration to cancel all student debt.

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Texas Senate Approves Anti-DEI Bill for State Public Universities

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The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would limit how state public universities can promote equitable access to higher education and foster campus diversity, The Texas Tribune reported. The bill will not affect course instruction, faculty research, student organizations, guest speakers, data collection or admissions.

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