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Center for African and African American Studies

Edmund Gordon with students in front of Tower

Gordon Receives Presidential Citation

December 4, 2014 by David Ochsner

Edmund T. Gordon, chair of the African and African Diaspora Studies Department (AADS) in the College of Liberal Arts, was recognized on April 17 with a Presidential Citation from UT Austin President Bill Powers. As one of the university’s highest honors, this prestigious award was established to recognize the extraordinary contributions of individuals who personify […]

Illustration of school children in search of a letter "A" on the horizon.

Making the Grade

April 17, 2014 by Jessica Sinn

Strategies for Improving Education in America Few dispute the value of education, but discussions about how our nation should improve it are becoming more intense and polarized. Of all the competing arguments—more technology, smaller classrooms, improved teacher training, universal pre-kindergarten—most people would agree that America’s education system needs to improve, and soon. According to recent […]

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