Tag: Rebekah Piper
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The Academic Minute for 2018.03.05-03.09
Academic Minute from 3.05 – 3.09 Monday, March 5th Vincent Schiraldi – Columbia University Growing Parolee Population Vincent Schiraldi has extensive experience in public life, founding the policy think tank, the Justice Policy Institute, then moving to government as director of the juvenile corrections in Washington DC, and then as Commissioner of the New York…
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Rebekah Piper, Texas A&M University San Antonio – Multicultural Education and Literacy
Classic stories aren’t always in the interest of all students. Rebekah Piper, assistant professor of literacy at Texas A&M University – San Antonio, looks into diversifying the curriculum to fit a diverse student body. Rebekah E. Piper earned her Ph.D from the University of Nevada Las Vegas in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.03.05)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.03.05 Monday, March 5th Vincent Schiraldi of Columbia University explores the growing parolee population and how it increases the prison population. Tuesday, March 6th Edward Guinan of Villanova University discusses growing food on Mars. Wednesday, March 7th Adam McLain of SUNY Polytechnic Institute discovers a new species of lemur.…