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Integration Starts in the Village

Teresa Di Mauro Heydar Isayev

February 18, 2021 |

Transitions Online |

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Response Location: Georgia

Ethnic Azeri students face disproportionate barriers in achieving university education compared to Georgians. One of those reasons is due to language barriers. Isolated from Georgian society, it's not uncommon for Azeri communities to not speak Georgian fluently. The center has now expanded into a network of multiple centers. One center serves as many as 160 children. It’s working. Some of the centers had a 100% success rate in helping Azeri students enter college.

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HBCU student media confronts local news bias

Alexis Wray

February 02, 2021 |

Scalawag |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Greensboro, North Carolina

In 2018, The A&T Register, the online student-run newspaper for North Carolina A&T State University, the largest Black university in the country, conducted a media investigation. It examined the way local media wrote headlines that associated the university with crime. They examined headlines that fell into two categories; those that used the campus as a locator for crime, or headlines that based outdated affiliations. Then, the editor-in-chief, Alexis Wray, presented their findings to local outlets hoping to effect change. They did. Their investigation led to changes in future headlines.

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'Changing the game': Black in Technology works to support Black students in computer science

Greta Travaglia Jennifer Tran

February 02, 2021 |

The Daily Tar Heel |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United Arab Emirates, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Black in Technology was created to support Black students in STEM at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The organization has planned numerous events for its members related to mentorship, recruitment, and community building on campus in the STEM and technology industry, and successfully helped them receive internships and job opportunities, while raising the visibility of Black and Latinx students in technology fields.

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After the Capitol Was Stormed, Teachers Try Explaining History in Real Time

Amelia Nierenberg

January 25, 2021 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

After the insurrection at the U.S. capitol by a mob of Trump supporters, teachers across the country responded to the event by finding ways to discuss the event with students. “They have turned to science fiction, Shakespearean tragedy and the fall of Rome in search of parallels to help their students process the often frightening and surely historic events.” Students and teachers turned to discussions to unpack the event.

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How Singapore Has Kept the Coronavirus Off Campus

Sui-Lee Wee

January 09, 2021 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Singapore

Singapore's aggressive pandemic response in conjunction with strict university rules has helped keep campuses free of COVID-19 cases so far. As a country, free testing and medical care has ensured that positive cases can be isolated quickly, while at the university level, the use of technology, zoning rules, and penalties for those who do not comply have worked to safeguard public health.

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The child trafficking survivors training to prosecute sex crimes

Neha Bhatt

December 16, 2020 |

Al Jazeera |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Kolkata

The School for Justice provides an education in law or advocacy to young women who have survived sex trafficking. The program started in Kolkata in 2017 and has expanded to Mumbai and Katmandu. Forty students receive housing, counseling, and free tuition to the local university of their choice, where they can study to be lawyers, paralegals, social workers, police officers, or journalists. The goal is to equip them with the tools they need to protect others from child sexual exploitation and to bring perpetrators to justice. Along the way, they begin to heal through empowerment and peer support.

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Faculty of color underrepresented at CSULB

Austin Brumblay

December 09, 2020 |

Daily Forty-Niner |

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Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

Nationally and historically, faculty of color have been underrepresented at most universities. At California State University Long Beach, the president proposed the “diversity training initiative,” in order to hire more faculty of color. The initiative requires “equity advocates” to be placed at each college, who “assess job descriptions and work with search committees to make sure the hiring process is done from an “equity-minded foundation.” The biggest jump amongst faculty of color happened in the College of Liberal Arts. Similar efforts are being undertaken by colleges around the country.

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As cases rise, college students take COVID-19 prevention into their own hands

Mathew Reagan Hannah Getahun Maddie Beck

December 04, 2020 |

CalMatters |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

From zoom workshops that teach people about the misconceptions of COVID 19, to Google docs, to Instagram profiles that shame people who are partying during the pandemic, university students are holding their communities accountable. Across the country a myriad of student-led efforts have sprung up in response to careless behavior by college students. “I just thought it would be a good idea to sort of hold each other accountable and then be safe.”

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‘Our goal is to empower students based on their talent – not the colour of their passports'

Louise Rasmussen

November 30, 2020 |

The Local |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom

Student Circus is an online platform which is demystifying the job application process for international students in the United Kindgom. The website was started by two international students who were having a hard time job searching, mainly because many employers didn't list whether they sponsored job visas or not. The service is offered for free to students from select universities.

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How College Students Are Helping Each Other Survive

Ezra Marcus

November 23, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

Students across the country are dealing with food and housing insecurity, and financial loss, conditions that have been exacerbated because since the pandemic. In response, students in some colleges and universities created mutual-aid networks, raising and distribution thousands of dollars to their peers. “Students continue to lead the fight to address their basic needs.”

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