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How My Classroom Became a Laboratory for Countering Truth Decay

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The course was an honors seminar on race and American politics, focused on current events. I now see healthy conflicts in my classrooms as a powerful way to reinforce lessons about honesty, civility and information literacy. The first time I lost control of a college classroom, fiction played a starring role. That week’s topic: voting.

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Financial resilience and the health and well-being of young adults

WashU Institue for Public Health

On June 30, the summer program’s Public & Global Health Track cohort was joined in our bi-weekly seminar series by Moses Okumu , PhD, assistant professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Pictorial representation of economic resilience. Graphic: Mennonite Economic Development Association.

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The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces 2023 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients

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His pioneering work expanding broadband access and promoting digital literacy has allowed countless low-income students to pursue their educational aspirations. Cárdenas participated in the Upward Bound program at Fresno State University. House of Representatives by Terrance L.

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The Council for Opportunity in Education Applauds Senators Susan Collins, Jon Tester, Shelley Moore Capito, and Tammy Baldwin for Reintroducing Bill to Strengthen the Federal TRIO Programs

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If approved by Congress, this funding increase would allow Federal TRIO programs to move closer towards its goal of providing 1 million students with individualized support services, academic tutoring and individual counseling, financial literacy, and other needed resources to be successful in their academic careers.

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President Biden Continues to Prioritize Federal TRIO Programs in FY 2024 Budget

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If approved by Congress, this funding increase would allow Federal TRIO programs to move closer towards its goal of providing 1 million students with individualized support services, academic tutoring and individual counseling, financial literacy, and other needed resources to be successful in their academic careers.