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Jarvis Christian College forgives $10,000 in student debt | Dallas Weekly
NEWS RELEASE If there is one thing that COVID-19 allowed all of us to see is that there is a difference between those who are able to work from home and those who are considered essential and have to go to work even when the world is in a pandemic. What undoubtedly is included in that difference is
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Search on for 16 Covid-19 positive pupils who evaded school quarantine
A group of 16 pupils with Covid-19 evaded quarantine at Makaula Secondary School in KwaBhaca, where a total of 204 learners and teachers have tested positive for the
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Princeton University removing Woodrow Wilson’s name over his racist history
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SOS holds Juneteenth march across the bridge in Selma
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Chicago State University on the Frontline of Education Equity and Bridging the Wealth Gap in Black and Latinx Communities | Chicago Defender
Last Thursday, June 11, 2020, Chicago State University (CSU) launched a new program, Cougar Commitment Initiative (CCI), which plans to establish an equal playing field for Black and Latinx students as it pertains to obtaining a college degree, being successful throughout their undergraduate
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All Tanzania schools reopen amid strict virus protocols
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Michael V. Drake becomes University of Californias first black president in 152 years - Face2Face Africa
Dr. Michael V. Drake has just been named as the first African-American president of the University of California in its 152-year history. Drake is an ophthalmologist by training and earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco. The University of California Board of
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T.I. to Teach Class On the Business of Trap Music at Atlanta HBCU Free Press of Jacksonville
By Cassidy Sparks Tip “T.I.” Harris is headed to the classroom. The rapper and businessman will be lending his music industry expertise to students at Clark Atlanta University next semester teaching an innovative new course [...]
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JTA happy with PEP placement method
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Owen Speid, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association, says the organisation is satisfied with the methodology used by the Government for students' Primary Exit Profile
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Two DUT staff members test positive for Covid-19 | News24
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16-year-old girl ‘sold’ to Kenyan man
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School Choice Victory at Supreme Court Will "Advance Black Lives"
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Somalia unable to hold election this year - Commission
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Protesters return to East Liberty for march centered on Black women and Black trans women
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South Africa's recession deepened in first quarter
South Africa’s recession deepened in the first quarter of 2020, with official data on Tuesday showing that GDP contracted 2% from the previous three months, led by declines in mining and
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Morehouse cancels fall sports as HBCUs grapple with rapid changes
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Granger says will await GECOM declaration
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Women’s game needs investment, not ‘dubious’ innovations –Pandey
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Birmingham projects $75M loss in revenue; mayor cites COVID-19
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Higher education dept to release report on recruitment, progression of black SA academics | News24
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