March 2023

Pima Community College Receives Nearly $1.5 Million to Support Low-Income and First-Generation Students with STEM

Pima Community College has received nearly $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education (ED), which it will use to serve low-income and first-generation students interested in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degrees from select high schools. The TRiO Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) Program – funded with $1,437,685 – will support 60 […]

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Report: Significant Amount of Faculty Today Self-Censor Due to Fears of Reprisal

Faculty members are more likely to self-censor today than social scientists did during McCarthy era of the 1940s and 50s, according to a recent report from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).Dr. Sean Stevens At the end of the Second Red Scare in 1955, 9% of social scientists said they toned down their writing

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Racism at the Hyatt Spurs Action to Ensure Safety at Conventions

It was supposed to be a night of celebration. Dr. Celeste Malone, an associate professor and coordinator of the psychology program at Howard University, had invited fellow Black psychologists, graduate students, and a small number of friends and family to celebrate in her presidential suite on the evening of Feb. 8. The gathering was part

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