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Education and Occupy Wall Street
Oct 27, 2011
First, some background from Wikipedia. Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is an ongoing series of demonstrations in New York City based in Zuccotti Park in the Wall Street financial district. They are mainly protesting social and economic inequality, corpor...
Improving Educational Opportunities for the Formerly Incarcerated
Sep 20, 2011
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) sent out a policy alert today about research examining the effects increased access to higher education has for adults with criminal records. The Southern Regional Education Board (SRE...
Living wages not minimum wages
May 31, 2011
The study referenced in this article provides more proof about the ridiculous expectations of people to provide for themselves and their families when they have to work for minimum wages. Cameo, the woman featured, is raising two sons as a single ...
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New scholar video from Bonnie Marcus
May 10, 2011
Bonnie spoke at our Annual Dinner last year, and now she’s updating everyone on her progress. Check out her video! To see it on YouTube, click here.
Community colleges in crisis
Nov 29, 2010
“In California, with a budget cut of 8% across the board, the community colleges turned away 140,000 students last year. In Colorado, the waiting lists for nursing programs at some of the state’s community colleges have grown to as lon...
State Chief Justice Lauds Foundation's Namesake
Mar 31, 2006
Thirty years ago, shortly after Jeannette Rankin died, five Athens-area women sat down to decide how to follow her instructions to help adult women. Started with $16,000 in proceeds from the sale of the Oconee County property where America’s...
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