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Jeffrey Sachs and “The Price of Civilization”
February 24, 2012Sachs is particularly good at showing where productive value from work is going.
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University of Pennsylvania awards Du Bois honorary doctorate
February 23, 2012Today would have been the 144th birthday of WEB Du Bois, the great scholar, civil rights and peace activist.
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Will Supreme Court deliver death knell to campus diversity?
February 23, 2012The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could mean the death knell for racial and ethnic diversity on college campuses.
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Anna Julia Cooper, 1858-1964: A fighter for equal rights for all
February 23, 2012She was a leader in the fight for African American equality, women's equality and their rights in education, and for African Americans' and women's right to vote.
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Take it from me: Community colleges are worth investing in
February 22, 2012Some educators and political scientists would argue that America's system of community colleges is the bedrock achievement of the public higher education system. Community colleges were the byproduct of the Johnson administration's "Great Society" initiative to...
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