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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

HBCUs have long played a pivotal role in the United States. Grants to HBCUs have deep, broad, and long-lasting impacts on society HBCU staff and student participants in the qualitative research all highlighted that HBCUs’ history and legacy are rooted in creating safe spaces for Black scholars.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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Frankly, it didn’t go as well as we had hoped, and Lavelle worked with us to retarget the grant to focus on students with visual impairments. This experience helped us prove the potential of Bookshare to meet the needs of students with disabilities. government and states like Texas.

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Technological Protection Measures and the Blind

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So, the student might be able to read only 60% of the relevant content, and have no idea about what the equations say. Textbooks in IDEA, the United States K-12 special education law The issue of TPMs is the biggest future-proofing question in the Treaty. In some markets, printed books are receding into the past.

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4 Nonprofits Using Office 365 To Further Their Missions

TechImpact

With 80-90 employees working remotely across the United States, the National Development Council was looking for a better solution to staying connected. Women’s Law Project. As a small foundation, with 9 full-time members, the Women’s Law Project needed a better and more cost-effective solution.

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Upholding The Social Bargain: Bookshare and Copyright Compliance

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copyright law. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law. which get Bookshare at no cost when serving students with qualifying disabilities (thanks to funding from the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education).

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

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For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. copyright law. Universal City Studios, Inc.,

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

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federal law supports braille instruction. Data from the American Printing House for the Blind’s annual registry of legally blind students shows that in 2012 only 8.8% We also continue to add books from volunteers, staff and outsourcers through scanning and proofing, including student requests. Accordingly, U.S.

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