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UC Berkeley has decided to reverse its original plans to disband the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, or ISSI, allowing the program to continue social justice research. The program’s closure was decided by campus last fall due to financial constraints during the COVID-19 pandemic. ISSI community members alleged that the decision undermined UC Berkeley’s commitment to people of color. After an outcry in defense of the preservation of ISSI and strong member support, campus is now reversing its original decision of shutting down the program, according to Deborah Lustig, ISSI assoc...
UC Berkeley reverses course and will not close institute helping students of color FacebookTwitterEmail Troy Duster, pictured outside the Ann a Head building, is the founder of the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues at UC Berkeley.Jessica Christian / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less 2of8 Troy Duster is founder of UC Berkeley’s Institute for the Study of Societal Issues.Jessica Christian / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less 3of8 4of8 Troy Duster stands under the doorway of the conference room named after him at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues.Jessica Christian / ...
Support for the non-parliamentary Estonia 200 party continues to rise, while falling for the two opposition parties, Reform and SDE, and remaining on balance stable for the three coalition parties, according to a recent poll. Support for the larger opposition party, and the largest party overall in terms of seats, Reform, stood at 28.8 percent, around the same figure the party saw in the March 2019 Riigikogu elections where it won 34 seats, according to the research conducted by pollsters Norstat on behalf of the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues (MTÜ Ühiskonnauuringute Instituut),...