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Student Worker Organizing Efforts See Drastic Uptick

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at large, finding that despite organization efforts, successful strikes, growing public support, and plenty of media attention, the share of union members among U.S. Hunter College The “State of the Unions 2023” examines workforce labor trends in New York and in the U.S. workers continues to fall.

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Young Black Men Project, Fitting in for Black Men, Boys Showcased at BMRI’s Symposium

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The convening continued its conversation on the mental health of African American men at the Woodruff Library in the heart of the Atlanta University Center. There are so many things being thrown at them from multiple parts of their lives, family, friends, and social justice, and it’s all about sustainability,” Watkins said. “We

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AAC&U Suggests Ways to Align Open Educational Resources and DEI Goals

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A lot of OER initiatives reside within library systems, whereas you might have a vice president for DEI out of the provost’s office or president’s office.” We can’t have the library doing all this OER work when those in DEI don’t know about these initiatives,” she said. “It

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

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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.” Fifteen have passed. Florida has been a particular site of activity. In this post-Jan.