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Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” ” Via Mic : “ Pretoria Girls High School students are protesting racist hair policy , code of conduct.” Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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More federal stuff: Inside Higher Ed on restructuring at the US Department of Education : “Proposed reorganization would eliminate office of under secretary, which oversaw higher ed policy for much of the Obama and George W. Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” And by “take on,” that means “investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants.” ” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. These 11 Cases Show How.”