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Roanoke College to Launch Cannabis Studies Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Awaiting them in the program are two tracks: one on the science of cannabis and the other on the social justice and policy around cannabis. As early as the program’s first course, students will be taught about policy issues, incarceration, criminal justice, and racial bias as it relates to cannabis, Poli said. "We and Guam.

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Alumni Spotlight: Tovah’s Government Internship in Washington, D.C. at an NGO

AIFS Abroad

She graduated with a degree in Political Science and a specific concentration in Public Affairs and Policy Analysis. During Summer 2019, she participated in a Government internship at an NGO in Washington, D.C. It was definitely a politician science majors dream.” She chose Washington, D.C. was one of a kind. looked like.

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First Doctoral Program at a TCU Will Contribute to Native Sovereignty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

is not just about learning, reading, or writing Navajo, it’s really preparing [its students] with tools so that they will be efficient in designing their research studies, conducting research, and finding solutions to some of the challenges that we have,” says Guy. Elmer Guy “The Ph.D. Those same students are talented, creative.

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Public health majors grow by more than 1,000 percent

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Tabitha Edson always knew she wanted to work in health sciences. “I was very interested in the research aspect and just how broad the field of public health was,” recalled Edson, who graduated with a B.S. After her high school shut down in 2020, “I started following everything on the news,” she recalled.

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Gamekeepers, poachers, policy wonks and knowledge

SRHE

I was excited to attend SRHE’s event, Bridging The Gap: Improving The Relationship Between Higher Education Research And Policy on 4 November 2022. The event promised to bring together and bridge the gap between those making higher education policy and those researching it. This then was quite a gap to be bridged.

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MIT junior Anushree Chaudhuri named 2023 Udall Scholar

CAPD

Office of Distinguished Fellowships Published by MIT News on May 22, 2023 MIT junior Anushree Chaudhuri has been selected as a 2023 Morris K. The Udall Scholarship honors students who have demonstrated a commitment to the environment, Native American health care, or tribal public policy. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Scholar.

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Two from MIT named 2024 Marshall Scholars

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As a Marshall Scholar, she plans to pursue an MPhil/PhD in environmental policy and development at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Since 2021, Chaudhuri has worked with Professor Larry Susskind in the Science Impact Collaborative to study local responses to large-scale renewable energy projects.