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A Lack of Bread to Win is Why There Aren’t More Black Male Teachers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Unless one has a substantial intergenerational wealth transfer like someone gifting them with housing, a down payment, inheritance, investments, or money that is in addition to their own earned income, then it is extremely difficult in most major metro areas to financially support a family on a teacher’s salary.

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A pantomime without a happy ending

SRHE

The USS pumpkin is miraculously transformed into a golden pension and the student mice turn into horses, although there do seem to be fewer of them. The pension turns back into a pumpkin, and the Fairy Godmother has disappeared and seems unable to work her magic. two pension schemes. Some even make pledges. four DfE reshuffles.

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A president proposes steep job cuts to save his institution

Confessions of a Community College Dean

SOU has been squeezed by declining enrollment, stagnant state funding and increasing pension and health-care costs. SOU is currently transitioning to Workday, and other public universities in the state are expected to follow in the coming years.) Like many colleges and universities across the U.S.,

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AI-ROBOT CAPITALISTS WILL DESTROY THE HUMAN ECONOMY (Randall Collins*)

Higher Education Inquirer

It will be programmed to make as much money as possible, in all forms and from all sources. It will wrap its ownership in layers of shell companies, located in the most favorable of the hundreds of sovereign states world-wide. Employees are a drag on profits, with their salaries, benefits, and pension funds.

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What do attacks on ESG mean for college endowments?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

If passed, it would bar state and local government from issuing bonds “that will be used to finance a project with an ESG purpose,” according to language in the bill. Florida isn’t alone in targeting ESG; similar efforts are under way in Alabama, Texas, Utah and other red states. What’s Driving Attacks on ESG?

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Skepticism abounds at Supreme Court hearing on debt relief

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Six states—Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina—and two Texas residents filed separate lawsuits in the fall to block the debt-relief plan before it began. “MOHELA doesn’t need to be here because the state is asserting its interest,” Campbell said. ” she asked.

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Foxx, back in charge, pledges oversight, stronger accountability

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Before serving in Congress, Foxx was a sociology instructor at Appalachian State University and president of Maryland Community College. Sanders, an Independent who caucuses with Democrats, chairs the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. “Frankly, right now, that’s eroding,” she said.