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The Punch on MSN11d
Children’s literature: A tool for cultural resistance in post-colonial education
Every April 27 in the last five years, to mark my birth, I host a children’s literacy event with children from different backgrounds. This year was no different, but I combined it with the launch of ...
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Colonial colleges and the Revolution - The Chronicle of Higher Education
A glance at the current issue of Historically Speaking: Colonial colleges and the RevolutionThe nine colleges that existed in the original 13 colonies when the Revolutionary War broke out each ...
The Hoya4mon
History Professor Profiles Book, Urges Anti-Colonial Historical Engagement
A history professor explored his forthcoming book and urged historians to recognize anti-colonialist history narratives in a Feb. 19 webinar. Esmat Elhalaby, a historian of colonialism and assistant ...
The Independent4y
Irvine Welsh: ‘The black people I see in the media all went to the same posh public colonial schools as the white kids’ - The Independent
They’ve all gone to the same posh public colonial schools as the white kids they’re working alongside. They’ll say that maybe seeing black faces [on TV] would encourage more black people ...
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W&M, OFTEN IMPERILED COLONIAL COLLEGE - Daily Press
When When The College of William and Mary celebrates the end of its third century in 1993, it will be the second American institution to reach the venerable age of 300. Harvard did so in 1936, and ...
The Bulletin8mon
CT's oldest college is the 4th oldest in US. Here's the early history
The name Yale was attributed to the college in 1718 in recognition of a donation of 400 books, a portrait of King George I and cloth goods from Elihu Yale, the step-grandson of New Haven co-founder ...
The Roanoke Times14y
Colonial Elementary recognizes students who donated books to library - Roanoke Times
On November 4, students at Colonial Elementary who donated books to the library through the recent Scholastic Book Fair met in the library to check their books out and have a snack. 47 students ...
Altoona Mirror13d
Proven partners: Married local professors release new books
For the first time in their 32 years of marriage, college professors Richard De Prospo and Erin Murphy are celebrating the ...
Bow Doin Polar Bears9y
New Book by Prof. Wolfenzon Analyzes Colonial Influence in Latin American Novels | Bowdoin College
Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Carolyn Wolfenzon’s new book, Muerte de Utopía: historia, antihistoria e insularidad en la novela latinoamericana analyzes the representation ...
The Washington Post4y
William & Mary, U-VA, Longwood and other public colleges would implement scholarships or other programs to reckon with slavery roots under Virginia bill - The Washington Post
The bill seeks to hold the College of William & Mary, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Military Institute and Longwood University accountable for the role ...
Boston.com8y
Emerson College is looking to reopen Colonial Theatre
After “The Book of Mormon” ended its shows at Colonial Theatre last October, the future of Boston’s oldest running theater was up in the air. Emerson College announced it would close the 115 ...
Wall Street Journal8y
The Diminishing Returns of a College Degree - WSJ
When the American Revolution began in 1775, only 721 students attended the nine colonial colleges. By 2010 enrollments had surpassed 20 million. Yet from 2011 to 2016, ...