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Just Jim

Rutgers University Libraries' Open and Affordable Textbook Program! Students are saving big $ on course materials. "The annual program awards research funds to Rutgers instructors who make their courses more affordable for their students by using low-cost materials, library content, or open educational resources."

#textbooks #rutgers #students #libraries #researchfunds #openeducation

libraries.rutgers.edu/news/ope

www.libraries.rutgers.eduOpen and Affordable Textbooks Program Eases Financial Burden for Rutgers Students | Rutgers University LibrariesCourse materials are notoriously expensive, and their cost can have serious impacts on students and their education. According to a recent national survey, more than half of college students have taken fewer courses or avoided taking a particular course due to the cost of required course materials.
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DoomsdaysCW

Looks like the American Association of University Professors agrees with me!

#AAUP, Allies Sue over #Trump Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport #Students and #Faculty for #LawfulSpeech

"The national AAUP; chapters at #Harvard, #Rutgers, and #NYU; and the #MiddleEastStudies Association today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members who participate in #ProPalestinian #protests and other protected #FirstAmendment activities.

"We believe that the administration’s ideological-deportation policy violates the First Amendment by targeting constitutionally protected speech that Americans have a right to hear and engage with. The policy has created a climate of fear and repression on campuses around the country. We are represented in the case by the #KnightFirstAmendmentInstitute at #ColumbiaUniversity, #AhilanArulanantham, and Zimmer, Citron & Clarke LLP.

"Following executive orders issued by President Trump in January, the federal agencies that enforce immigration laws have arrested and detained several people associated with U.S. colleges and universities, including a legal permanent resident, on the basis of constitutionally protected speech and association.

"Today’s filing argues that the ideological-deportation policy has created a climate of #repression and intense fear on university #campuses, 'terrorizing students and faculty for their exercise of First Amendment rights in the past, intimidating them from exercising those rights now, and silencing political viewpoints that the government disfavors.'

"'The Trump administration is going after international #scholars and students who speak their minds about #Palestine, but make no mistake: they won't stop there. They'll come next for those who teach the history of #slavery or who provide #GenderAffirming health care or who research #ClimateChange or who counsel students about their reproductive choices. We all have to draw a line together—as the old labor movement slogan says: an injury to one is an injury to all,' says AAUP President Todd Wolfson.

"'The First Amendment means the government can’t arrest, detain, or deport people for lawful political expression—it’s as simple as that. This practice is one we’d ordinarily associate with the most repressive political regimes, and it should have no place in our democracy,' says #JameelJaffer, executive director at the Knight First Amendment Institute."

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#RightToProtest #SilencingDissent #USPol #CharacteristicsOfFascism #law
#immigration #FreeSpeech #MarcoRubio #Trump #FreedomOfAssembly #Authoritarianism #Palestine #CriminalizingDissent #HigherEducation

AAUP · AAUP, Allies Sue over Trump Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport Students and Faculty for Lawful SpeechThe national AAUP; chapters at Harvard, Rutgers, and NYU; and the Middle East Studies Association today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members who participate in pro-Palestinian protests and other protected First Amendment activities.
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Bytes Europe

Illinois proposal could expand mental health education for teens byteseu.com/862081/ #25NEWS #challenges #EDUCATION #Health #HighSchool #Illinois #mental #MiddleSchool #students #teachers #teenager #week

Bytes Europe · Illinois proposal could expand mental health education for teensSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois high school students have asked state lawmakers to pass a plan this spring to require age-appropriate mental health education in middle school and high school.Health teachers could be tasked with teaching students about the signs and symptoms of common mental health challenges such as depression, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and anxiety among others. Rep. Laura Faver Dias (D-Grayslake) told the House Education Policy Committee Thursday that the curriculum could also include promotion of mental health wellness, including social and cultural correctness, problem solving skills, self-esteem, and a positive school and home
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16-year-old denied laptop access by teacher and told to take notes the 'old-fashioned' wa...

https://cheezburger.com/39787269/16-year-old-denied-laptop-access-by-teacher-and-told-to-take-notes-the-old-fashioned-way-so-he

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Cheezburger16-year-old denied laptop access by teacher and told to take notes the 'old-fashioned' way, so he brings in a vintage typewriter: 'If the laptop was loud before, this thing was practically screaming!'When a teacher refers to the “old-fashioned way,” they might want to be a bit more specific. While we respect that there can be a ton of classroom disruptions in the digital age, computers are a necessary part of note-taking in this time. It's quicker to take notes on them compared to handwritten annotations, and as long as students aren't distracted by social media, things should be fine. Obviously, enforcing that kind of focus is easier said than done, but at the end of the day, it's their lo…
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Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1223872/battle-of Battle of Okinawa survivor passes down memories of war #BattleOfOkinawa #news #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #Students #wwii #沖縄 Rieko Tamaki, 90, a resident of Naha, still remembers the final moments of her then 14-year-old brother’s life during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. “He died in agony, crying out, ‘Give me water.’ I couldn’t give him any. I still regret it to this day,” Tamaki said, her voice breaking with emotion. Tamaki, who was …

Battle of Okinawa survivor passes down memories of war
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