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Report: Workers in Rural America Almost Just as Likely to Have Well-Paying Jobs, Amid Racial and Gender Disparities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Martin Van Der Werf The report, Small Towns, Big Opportunities , categorizes what constitutes a “good job” as a one that pays a minimum of – in 2022 dollars – approximately $43,000 for workers ages 25 to 44 and a minimum of approximately $55,000 for workers ages 45 to 64. White workers comprise the majority of the rural U.S.

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Howard University Takes Affirmative Step, All HBCUs Need More Support

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With the support of foundations such as Ford, Knight, MacArthur, Robert Woods Johnson and Open Society, I was able to raise more than $25 million in funding — which is more than the entire endowments of many HBCUs — to build the center. Our program pays what Princeton University’s pays. We can change that.

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Why some institutions can afford to market opaque sticker prices

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As the cost of higher education continues to rise for students across the socioeconomic spectrum, public and private institutions’ marketed sticker prices have become an increasingly unreliable metric for applicants to gauge how much they will pay, a new report from Brookings declares.

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How Colleges and Universities Nationwide are Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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“King recognized that the work of the civil rights movement increasingly needed to be connected to the work of the labor movement — since without safe, well-paying, meaningful work all other human rights are in jeopardy,” according to the website. One of its events will be a Jan. 18 panel discussion about King and the late Rev.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Point Foundation was founded in 2001 and most of its early applicants were gay males whose parents refused to pay for college after they came out. As marriage equality became national, there was a shift toward greater acceptance. “We The number of applicants and their diversity have increased significantly over time.

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

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Although contingent faculty may be equally good teachers as tenured faculty, their positions might limit them as mentors for students of color. The reasons for this are complex products of the racism threaded through American society. That means making sure that people get tenure and stay in academia.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

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Dr. Akilah Carter-Francique, the dean of Education, Health and Human Services at Benedict College and former executive director of the Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change at San Jose State University, says student-athletes have a huge voice in challenging the status quo. On July 1, 2021, the deals commenced.

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