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Why Affirmative Action Is Still Necessary
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Why Affirmative Action Is Still Necessary

What will come of efforts to diversify college campuses with the end of affirmative action in higher education?

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The Value of a College Degree in U.S. Society
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The Value of a College Degree in U.S. Society

As degrees become a requirement in the U.S. workforce, student loan debt becomes an unavoidable threat to financial freedom.

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2400 1600 Dominique Stewart
In Defense of Compensating Student-Athletes
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In Defense of Compensating Student-Athletes

Last week’s Supreme Court’s decision re-ignites conversations about student-athletes and the role of race and equity in collegiate sports.

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2400 1600 Nia Norris

Learn the cost of college remediation.

Less than a quarter of community college students who take remedial courses go on to complete college-level courses. At four-year colleges, just over a third of students assigned to remediation continue to take college-level courses. The majority of students assigned to remediation at two-year colleges or universities will not graduate within three years or six years, respectively (Complete College America). Students who take remedial courses pay just as much for these courses as students who begin with college-level courses and are often left with student loan debt for coursework that did not lead to a degree.

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Why Unpaid Internships Are An Unethical Luxury
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Why Unpaid Internships Are An Unethical Luxury

Unpaid internships are inaccessible and further the economic inequities in education and the workplace by relying on exploitative practices.

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