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Immigrant Rights and Elections on Campus
Part of our cluster on elections and higher education.
An Election Recess in 1970
Part of our cluster on elections and higher education.
When Morgan State Went Public
"The college must be vocational and liberal."
Do I have to curate my Zoom background for the fall of 2020?
Shouldn’t we take “liberal” out of “liberal arts”, because some people think that means “politically liberal”?
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Great piece: "#HBCUs didn’t just provide space and support for #activism. They also nurtured Black intellect, celebrating the presence of their #students, not simply tolerating them." --@profcsanders @washingtonpost @madebyhistory
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/11/10/historically-black-colleges-universities-are-remaking-american-politics/
Glenn Hutchinson: "There is room to consider how student immigrant organizing might be supported on campus in ways not dissimilar to get out the vote campaigns." A part of our mini-cluster on elections and higher ed. https://aydelotte.swarthmore.edu/publications/immigrant-rights-and-elections-on-campus/
.@hinesaj recalls how the 1970 election recess for college students led to student disaffection with the U.S. electoral system. https://aydelotte.swarthmore.edu/publications/an-election-recess-in-1970/
Politicians have long threatened the tax-exempt status of colleges and universities because of perceived partisan political activity. Two episodes from this history in our cluster on elections and higher education. https://aydelotte.swarthmore.edu/publications?_sft_category=election-2020
