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articles from The Hatchet

National Guard activated ahead of Chauvin trial verdict
The National Guard activated about 250 unarmed officers as the city braces for the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Smithsonian secretary named as Commencement speaker
Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, will be this year's commencement speaker, officials announced Monday.
GW to require COVID-19 vaccination this fall
Faculty, staff and students attending campus in person this fall must receive their final vaccine dose two weeks before arrival.

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articles from Inside Higher Ed

Live Updates: Latest News on Coronavirus and Higher Education
Image: Bowdoin to Require Vaccines of Students and Employees April 21, 6:20 a.m. Bowdoin College will require all students and employees to be […]
6 Campus Counseling Center Challenges to Manage infographic
Image: From finding ways to offer counseling sessions virtually to creating mental health and wellness content for broader student outreach, campus […]
Authors discuss their new book, 'When Colleges Close'
Image: Wheelock College was founded in 1888 and was known for training teachers and other professionals in the Boston area. In 2018, Wheelock […]

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articles from the Chronicle of Higher Ed

Is It Time to Eliminate Recommendation Letters? (Hint: Yes)
This hiring requirement is impeding campus progress on diversity and wasting your time.This hiring requirement is impeding campus progress on diversity and wasting your time.
Here's Who Was Hit Hardest by Higher Ed's Pandemic-Driven Job Losses
People of color and those with limited labor protections have endured a disproportionate share of the losses.
How to Cope With a Fear of Public Writing
Pressure has increased on scholars, especially junior ones, to add public writing to their arsenal of skills.Pressure has increased on scholars, especially junior ones, to add public writing to their arsenal of skills.

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from the New York Times

Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill Restricting L.G.B.T.Q. Education
The Republican governor said the legislation, which would restrict lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity, was “overly broad and vague.”
Florida School Superintendent Arrested on Perjury Charge
The superintendent of Broward County Public Schools, Robert W. Runcie, was arrested as part of a criminal investigation following the Parkland school shooting in 2018.
L.A. Schools Superintendent Austin Beutner Stepping Down
Austin Beutner, who turned down a contract extension, was both praised and criticized for how he managed the nation’s second-largest public school system through a series of crises.

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articles from the Washington Post

Former lobbyist details how privatizers are trying to end public education
"Public schools and the communities around them represent the kind of togetherness privatization advocates despise."
Clarity or deception in ‘60 Minutes’ report on Florida’s vaccine rollout? A news literacy lesson.
An April 4 report from the CBS newsmagazine on disparities in Florida’s vaccine rollout has touched off a wave of criticism questioning the piece.
Reopening schools is often framed as a matter of equity. Two Black educators ask: ‘Equity for whom?’
It 'is disingenuous at best to frame the current reopening efforts as focusing on some vague notion of equity.'

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The Undercommons

Battling with the University for the University: Organizing, Friendship, and Performativity in the NYU Sanctuary Movement
[Photo: Ryan Quan from NYU News] by James McMaster and Olivia Michiko Gagnon What follows is not an account of escalating strategies and spectacular confrontations. That can be found in the news. Consider this a fragmentary homage to and audit of the ideological and intimate micropolitics of […]
Join us for our first open online strategy session March 25, 3:45pm EST
All those who struggle within, against and beyond the neoliberal, neocolonial university are invited to join us on March 25 (15:45-17:15 EST) for a special online/offline strategy session, broadcasting live from the Organizing Equality conference in London, Ontario. This session aims to share and […]
CFP: From Sanctuary to Sabotage: Fighting the Fascist Creep at and beyond Universities
CALL FOR PROVOCATIONS (April 30, 2017) The 2016 US election has been framed as both a decisive break from “politics as usual” and as a continuation and intensification of longstanding racialized, gendered, and sexualized global class warfare. In this allegedly post-truth era, the university […]

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