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The Rise of Local News Deserts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the report, In the past year 127 community papers have seen their demise and since 2005, more than one in three newspapers have folded. has also lost more than one-third of its newspapers since 2005. Houston said that in an era where newspapers are declining, finding other methods of communication is essential.

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Panel Dives into Social Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was clear that social mobility is increasingly important, but the best ways that colleges can help students achieve it and the best ways that it can be measured and communicated were less certain. It’s how you communicate quickly in a way that everyone understands. Glastris, on the other hand, defended rankings as useful.

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Students Increasingly Don’t Remember the 9/11 Attacks

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This year’s college freshmen were born in 2005. Marita Sturken is a professor of media, culture, and communication at NYU, who teaches about 9/11 as a case study of memorialization and as a global media event. And she remembers the sound that she heard as the towers collapsed—hundreds of people in a collective moan.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. The demand for professional interpreters and translators continues to grow.”

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How Active Minds’ Interns Champion Mental Health

Active Minds

My comfort movie is any movie from the Barbie film series, specifically the ones from 2001–2005. I recently graduated from Santa Clara University, where I studied communication and sociology. I am interning for the Communications Department! I love the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightley.

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On Section 230 and the Dream of a More Human Internet

Cal Newport

The focus of the case is a single sentence, found in Section 230(c)(1) of 1996’s Communications Decency Act : “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”

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From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

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