Tag: ROTC
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When Rural Schools Partner with Military Recruitment Programs, It’s Above All Pragmatic
February 1, 2024 / Janie Ekere / The Daily Yonder - Center for Rural Strategies - Activists remain concerned about the costs and ethics of school military recruitment, despite the potential educational and career opportunities it can offer, said Scott Harding and Seth Kershner, co-authors of “Contested Terrain: School Militarism and the Battle for Hearts and Minds.” But in response to funding ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Seth Kershner’s ‘Breaking the War Habit’
A first of its kind, "Breaking the War Habit" — focuses on the historical and contemporary role of the military’s involvement in American education. October 3, 2022 / Maynard Seider / The Berkshire ...
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Profiles for People of Color in the U.S. Military 2020-2021
At the end of 2020, the Defense Department’s Diversity and Inclusion Board released a report aimed at identifying ways to improve racial and ethnic diversity in the U.S. military. Among the report’s ...
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From Student Debtor to Soldier
How the student loan debt crisis forces low-income students of color into the military. Dec 14, 2020 / Anna Attie / In These Times - When James Gardner got injured playing basketball as a DePaul ...
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The Missing Link in the Gun Debate
Greta Zarro - America is up in arms about guns. If last month’s “March for Our Lives,” which attracted over one million marchers nationwide, is any indication, we’ve got a serious problem with gun ...
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America's Child Soldiers
Ann Jones - Congress surely meant to do the right thing when, in the fall of 2008, it passed the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA). The law was designed to protect kids worldwide from being ...
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The Militarization of Catholic Jesuit University Education
Robert Graf - Not Your (Grand) Father’s Military St. Ignatius surrenders his weapons St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, became a “soldier of Christ,” laying down his worldly ...