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The New McCarthyism is Here. Will Higher Ed Say No?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Whats new is that the federal government is now using that logic to impose structural amnesiareplacing racial literacy with silence, and calling it merit. That student protests against war, colonialism, or genocide are threats to campus life, while administrative compliance with authoritarian demands is somehow neutral.

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Community College Incarcerated Reentry Programs: Looking Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Early prison education programs were led by religious reformers like the Quakers who brought literacy and moral education to the Walnut Street Prison in post-revolutionary Philadelphia. Living the Dream Award for his devotion to social justice and community service. You’ll accomplish more than you imagined.” Roueche and Margaretta B.