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If you haven't watched Katie Phang's television show on MSNBC, I highly recommend it. She is an extremely intelligent attorney and does a great job of getting to the heart of issues. Her guest was Dr. Wayne A I Frederick who is the president of Howard...
by Dem
on Sat Jul 01, 2023 at 12:45 PM PDT
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by Kio Herrera
This story was originally published at Prism .
Wednesdays were usually Justin Alamo’s favorite day of the week.
As a third-grader at Conte West Hills Magnet School in New Haven,
by Prism Guest Writer
on Thu Jul 28, 2022 at 08:15 AM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Sixty years later, I would still like a do-over. Yes, I went to a school where, to fiddle with the title of Rebecca Gordon’s...
by TomDispatch
on Thu Jun 09, 2022 at 07:07 AM PDT
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In an exciting move for education, one state has declared college to be tuition-free for most of its residents. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 140, the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship Act, on Friday. According to CNN, the...
by Aysha Qamar
on Wed Mar 09, 2022 at 12:45 PM PST
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On Tuesday, Dollywood Parks and Resorts announced that beginning Feb. 24 of this year, they will cover 100% of fees, tuition, and books for their employees who pursue further education. Through Herschend’s GROW U, a new program behind their operating...
by Walter Einenkel
on Wed Feb 09, 2022 at 12:38 PM PST
with 164 Recommends
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While life during the novel coronavirus pandemic has been easy for no one, it’s been especially challenging for people who are caretakers, whether that includes children, older folks in the home, disabled family members, or so on. Caretaking is...
by Marissa Higgins
on Fri Feb 04, 2022 at 12:48 PM PST
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I had a comment on another diary about tuition for college recently and wanted to share what I found when looking up the actual statistics on the subject. I was born in 1962 so this table represents the history during my lifetime of both tuition and...
by Embassy
on Fri Feb 04, 2022 at 10:55 AM PST
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In 1959, I received a scholarship to the Univesity of Missouri. It was for $200 if I recall correctly. I never thought much about it because I had already made up my mind to to go a private religious school. Recently, I began wondering just how much...
by nailkeg
on Tue Jan 11, 2022 at 12:34 PM PST
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On Monday, San Francisco State University, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and the San Francisco Unified School District announced that they will be incentivizing school-age teens to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by offering 10...
by Walter Einenkel
on Tue Oct 19, 2021 at 01:52 PM PDT
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Talking about student debt and talking about the cost of college are topics that generally go hand-in-hand. While some progressives, like Sen. Bernie Sanders, argued on behalf of eliminating all ...
by Marissa Higgins
on Mon Sep 06, 2021 at 04:00 PM PDT
with 120 Recommends
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Following a bipartisan vote in the state’s lower chamber on Monday, Arizona voters will vote in 2022 on whether or not to again allow young undocumented immigrants, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, to access the same...
by Gabe Ortiz
on Tue May 11, 2021 at 08:16 AM PDT
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First of all, I’m all in favor of student debt relief. Back in my day (cue Dana Carvey’s Grumpy Old Man) you could work a decent summer job and while it might not be enough to cover all your college needs, it’d make a pretty good dent and mean you...
by Witgren
on Tue Apr 06, 2021 at 08:46 AM PDT
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The novel coronavirus pandemic has increased already present disparities in the community. Prior to the pandemic, many communities were unable to afford educational opportunities. This gap has deepened as colleges that predominantly serve low-income...
by Aysha Qamar
on Fri Apr 02, 2021 at 02:28 PM PDT
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As the nation continues to face the novel coronavirus, we continue to see people—especially women, and especially women of color—leave the workforce. Parents who are working are still struggling to balance child care, work, and virtual schooling,...
by Marissa Higgins
on Wed Feb 10, 2021 at 07:21 AM PST
with 120 Recommends
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For the last several months, I have been jumping through the hoops to apply to University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and been accepted. The last time I was in school was 1998, and I struggled my last semester because I was both unwell and homeless, so...
by Mortifyd
on Mon Jul 27, 2020 at 07:53 PM PDT
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The Guardian this morning described how the Kent State Massacre polarized America into conservative vs. liberal camps that was played in the Media as a generational divide. Fifty years ago today, 28 soldiers opened fire on anti-Vietnam war...
by Helenoftrouble
on Mon May 04, 2020 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Starting in the fall of 2020, the University of Southern California will begin phasing in a policy that would make tuition free for students enrolling whose family makes less than $80,000 a year. According to the new policy, homeownership would not...
by Walter Einenkel
on Thu Feb 20, 2020 at 12:50 PM PST
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Buttigieg said in recent days that the kids of millionaires and billionaires would not receive free public college tuition under his plan. And a number of progressives have jumped on him for it. Their criticism is that the way such government programs...
by jdrocket
on Sat Nov 30, 2019 at 06:36 PM PST
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The Virginia Theological Seminary, an Episcopal seminary located outside of Alexandria, Virginia, has announced that it’s put aside an impressive $1.7 million in reparation funds. Why? The seminary, which now has an enrollment of just under 200...
by Marissa Higgins
on Wed Sep 11, 2019 at 07:58 AM PDT
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This diary is an appeal for assistance to raise tuition and living expenses for my ongoing Teaching Credential education at CSUMB. If you are not interested in this sort of diary, ...
by jtg
on Tue Sep 03, 2019 at 09:11 AM PDT
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