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President David Wippman announced the appointment of Ngonidzashe Munemo as vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Hamilton College effe

California Math Framework Would End Advanced Classes Before 11th Grade Move could potentially hurt students' college admissions chances Image Credit: Email California educators are considering a new mathematics instruction framework that purposefully de-emphasizes calculus, though calculus is required or heavily encouraged for applicants to several of the nation’s top colleges and universities. The framework, which is still under consideration, proposes eliminating advanced math classes in middle school and eliminating a “push to calculus in grade twelve,” which it calls “misguided.�...

Local medical providers address health disparities among transgender patients in rural Maine Maine Public Health and University of Maine at Augusta Social Sciences Program address barriers through Zoom panels and dialogues. Share The Maine Public Health Association and the Social Sciences Program at the University of Maine at Augusta have been addressing barriers to health care that people experience through the monthly Zoom panels, Health Equity Dialogues. February focused on challenges that transgender patients face when accessing health care, often more apparent in rural Maine such as Fra...