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Class ends. Students pack up and head back to their dorms. The professor, meanwhile, goes to her car . . . to catch a li

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Taxing the Poor : Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged [1 ed.] 9780520948938, 9780520269668

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You Are A Genius! is a guide to summoning the creative genius within. If you are passionate about stimulating your creat

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How Black Colleges Empower Black Students: Lessons for Higher Education 9781579221454, 9781003445142, 1579221459

To their disadvantage, few Americans--and few in higher education--know much about the successes of historically Black c

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