On Campus ·
Making Meaningful Change at AU
A distinguished group of changemakers reflect on their time at AU before they graduate.
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Communications ·
Q&A with The NFL Today's James Brown, SOC and SOE Commencement Speaker
Brown sat down with SOE and SOC to answer a few questions about education, his career, and advice for graduates.
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Announcement ·
Training Teachers in Education Policy and Research: Teach Plus and American University Launch Fellowship to Enhance Teachers’ Skills
Teach Plus and American University's School of Education have launched a new program to train teachers in education policy, practice, and research.
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Communications ·
SOC Staff Member Dedicated to Telling Stories Through the Lens of Climate Crisis With Humanities Truck Fellowship
Jeffrey Madison is on a mission to tell stories through the lens of the climate crisis through his current Humanities Truck Fellowship project. The project is titled “Climatize: How D.C. Riverfront Neighborhoods Are Left To Their Own Devices.”
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Education ·
School of Education Receives Funding to Close Equity Gap in Early Education Field
JPMorgan Chase donates $5 million to AU and partners for their efforts to make early childhood education more equitable
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Announcement ·
AU Among Peace Corps’ Top-Enrolling Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Institutions
The Peace Corps has named AU No. 1 among the top 10 Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program institutions for the 2020–21 academic year, ranked by enrollment.
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Education ·
CityTutor DC Partners with AU School of Education to Expand High-Impact Tutoring to More DC Students
The School of Education and CityTutor DC are partnering to bring high-impact tutoring to D.C. elementary school students at Perry Street Preparatory Public Charter School in Northeast DC.
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Education ·
School of Education Partnerships Provide Promise
Dean Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy says that “education has risen to the top of the list as a way to change communities,” and with that in mind, she’s leading AU’s School of Education down paths to that change.
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Announcement ·
City Teaching Alliance Launches New Academic Partnership with American University
Aspiring educators will begin equity-focused coursework in 2022
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Government & Politics ·
2021 Sine Summer Series Imagines a Better America Post-Covid
Experts from across the globe join series discussing health, education, governance and policy, and the culture that draws thousands of viewers
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