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Education

A teacher in a colorful dress stands in front of a classroom, with students sitting at desks and a blackboard behind her.
Conflict & Justice
How conflict in northern Cameroon is impacting education for girls
The entrance of Boston College with a prominent sign and students walking nearby.
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Boston College sets up school for first-generation immigrants
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An illustration depicting a protest with people holding signs, including one that reads 'Millions of Uyghurs in' and another in a different script. A large hand erases part of the scene, symbolizing censorship or suppression.
Education
Silencing a kindergarten
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Students to study Puerto Rico and colonialism through Bad Bunny’s latest album
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The value of American higher education
Former student from Kenya brought computer literacy to her hometown after studying in the US
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Ecuador’s first Indigenous university proves to be a big hit
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Environment
Ghanaian initiative turns plastic waste into school desks
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‘Bad Luck Generation’: The Dutch college graduates with US-levels of student debt
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Affirmative action helps students thrive at universities across Brazil
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College campuses across the UK fight for free speech as protests come under scrutiny
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US schools are creating contingency plans for international students
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Development & Education
One of the best examples of ‘soft power’ is on the chopping block, experts say
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In Canada, university and college officials hope for an end to upheaval for international students
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Despite new campus rules, Columbia University students vow to continue protests against Gaza war
Music
‘To Make the Archives Sing’: Old Jewish Argentinian songs recorded for the first time
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Study abroad and beyond
One American student’s love for Japan
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Study abroad and beyond
American students consider work opportunities abroad after graduation
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Ukraine
In Yerevan, Armenia, a school serving exiled Russians helps families put down roots
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Uncategorized
UNICEF spokesperson: ‘Children are losing their childhood’ in Gaza
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The number of Americans studying in China is a fraction of what it once was
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Protest
Students in Bangladesh call for leadership change as protests against quota system turn violent
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To prepare for college in the US, some South Korean students receive an international education close to home 
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International students in the US face many challenges as they adjust to new cultural norms.
Sacred Nation
Chaplains open doors for international students on campus
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A view of Paris, France, with the iconic Eiffel Tower in the distance.
Women & Gender
20 years after France’s hijab ban, the issue remains divisive
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Education
What rhymes with isosceles triangle? This French math teacher has the answer.
a student stands with her arms crossed in front of a domed building on MIT's campus
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On campus, Jewish and Muslim students fear for their safety
Job seeker Johannes Oveida looks over a brochure at a job fair at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. 
The price of higher ed
Open secret: Some international students in the US are going hungry
From left, students Shakked Klein, Nearodey Chhoem, Angelina Hadad, Nico Ben Jacob and Chidinma Okoli. About half the students at Givat Haviva come from abroad.
Israel-Hamas war
This school in Israel is opening dialogue among its Jewish, Arab and international students
These students are in a classroom within Kharkiv's underground school system, which launched to protect students from Russian attacks in a city by the frontlines.
Ukraine
These Ukrainian students attend an underground school to protect them from Russian strikes
US dollars are now commonly used by businesses in Venezuela. The informal adoption of the dollar has helped to decrease inflation and product shortages.
Economics
Venezuela’s public sector workers take on multiple side jobs just to get by
A young woman with duck tape over her mouth that says "Feed Me Opportunity"
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University of California votes to not allow undocumented students to work on campus, for now
A gate opened from a tall brick archway on a college campus
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Professors fear creeping authoritarianism in academia amid Harvard fallout
The US Embassy in Delhi, India, where visas are processed for Indian nationals to work and study in the United States. 
The price of higher ed
Visa delays dash ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunities for students, workers in India
Photo of a webpage of the University of the People home site
The price of higher ed
‘University of the People’ offers tuition-free degrees for marginalized students across the globe
College students wearing bear costumes
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College football hype can be lost in translation for international students
Two girls holding paper signs that say "Education is our right"
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Afghan student struggles with adjusting to life in the US
Children all over a colorful classroom
Education
This Massachusetts school district focuses on the well-being of homeless immigrant students
College campus with large yellow block letters that spell out C-E-T-Y-S
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Hundreds of US students cross the border daily to attend college in Tijuana
Students walk through a gate at Harvard University, Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Cambridge, Mass.
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Colleges struggle to balance free speech, international politics and public safety amid Israel-Hamas conflict
Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana campus is currently home to about 400 students affected by natural disasters and other crises.
Development & Education
30 years after a devastating earthquake, this school in India continues a legacy of support for survivors
Cast members perform during a rehearsal of the opera "Monkey: A Kung Fu Puppet Parable" at the Emerson Paramount Center in Boston, Sept. 20, 2023.
Arts, Culture & Media
A modern take on an ancient Chinese folk tale
Traveling monks work on a sand mandala at Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois.
Sacred Nation
Tibetan monks on tour in US as China continues to restrict religion in Tibet
college protestors with signs and banners
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West Virginia University votes to ax foreign language degrees
College campus crowded with multiple people
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Accreditors approve historic shortened bachelor’s degrees in the US
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Visa wait times for international students has many reconsidering US studies
A woman seen washing pots and pans
The price of higher ed
Despite lack of govt loans for college in Cambodia, these students are making it work
People demonstrate in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, June 30, 2023.
The price of higher ed
Student loans can be ‘simple’ and ‘automatic.’ Other countries offer lessons to the US.
three white women outside laughing on a campus
The price of higher ed
Denmark pays students to go to college. But free education does have a price.
People demand the release of students who had taken refuge at the Jesus of Divine Mercy church amid a barrage of armed attacks, during a protest near the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, UNAN, in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday, July 14, 2018.
Sacred Nation
Nicaragua seizes Jesuit university in latest clash between president and Catholic Church
gathering of schoolchildren
Ukraine
New Russian high school history textbook blames West for war in Ukraine
woman standing in desolate field
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Researcher visits the Odessa Meteor Crater — hoping it will help prepare humanity for future asteroid strikes
Women rush out of a train during peak hours at Churchgate station in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 20, 2023.
Jobs
Indian women do less paid work. It’s bad news for the economy.
Nea on the beach
Music
The changing landscape for Sweden’s successful music industry
A woman working at a carrel in library stacks
Education
Nonnative-English-speaking scientists work much harder just to keep up, global research reveals
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Environment
Why corals in American Samoa are thriving despite warmer oceans 
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Violence
Gang shootings in Sweden are on the rise. But local communities and former gang members are fighting back.
From left to right: Maria Perez, Vania Davina, Hulyana Rodriguez and Yareli Suarez were members of Dreamers Welcome, a student organization at Cardinal Stritch University.
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With the closure of Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee’s undocumented students lose a home
Students sit at the 2023 graduation ceremony inside the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 
Afghanistan
Afghan students in Central Asia set their sights on the US
Cité Internationale Universitaire campus in Paris, France.
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How the Bologna Process expanded opportunities for students across Europe
yearbook photo
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This Brazilian immigrant to the US says the American dream still exists