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Charlie Kirk’s education beliefs have deep roots that predate the MAGA movement and trace back to the 1960s.
Engaging early and often resulted in less violent protests, according to the authors’ survey of college campuses.
The solution to mitigating protests should involve giving students a proportionately representative place in university decision-making.
Student protests over quotas for public sector jobs rock Bangladesh.
There has been a long history of resistance to white hegemony in the United States and South Africa.
These books shine light on a rich history of campus protests in the US that goes back to the 1960s.
How university campuses respond to concerns about student safety can set the stage for learning or encourage its opposite: divisiveness and censorship.
An expert looks at the history of youth activism on Israel and Palestine.
Sudan’s university students have played a key role in liberation struggles.
School districts throughout the nation are beginning to heed calls to give students and teachers a day off in observance of the Eid al Fitr, a major Islamic holiday held at the end of Ramadan.
College presidents worked both at the forefront and behind the scenes in fighting for African Americans’ civil rights in the 1960s.
Addressing urgent and complex problems such as climate change involves research across the full spectrum of society – and that includes Australia’s young people.
Though he had a speech impediment and came from humble beginnings, John Lewis went on to become a giant of the civil rights movement.
A 2018 study found that Black activist students were less likely to get a response to their college inquiries. A sociologist discusses whether the protests of 2020 will do anything to change that.
As a student protest continues at Syracuse University, a scholar argues that student activism is a valuable part of the college experience.
A research team of youth climate activists and academics is examining how environmentalists learn about solidarity and justice.
As students and faculty start a new academic year, it’s a good time to highlight the barriers to Indigenizing the campus and the importance of Indigenous voices on campus.
Gun control bills passed recently by the House of Representatives may never become law, but they are still a sign of important change.
These youngsters have ample fervor, and they are dramatically photogenic. Dismissing them as being fake or lightweight can spell trouble for members of the establishment.
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Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, University of Mississippi
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Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature, Penn State
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Sessional Lecturer, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in History, Flinders University
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University Research Professor of Education, University of Kentucky
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Professor of Philosophy, Radford University
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Black Studies and History, Amherst College
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Professor of Education, Villanova University
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Assistant Professor, Florida Gulf Coast University
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Associate Professor of Education, University of Juba
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Director, Centre for Accountability and Global Development, University of Essex
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Distinguished Professor in School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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