Joshua Coe
Foreign Correspondent and Producer at The World from PRX
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3 weeks ago |
theworld.org | Joshua Coe
In 1946, a senator from Arkansas, James William Fulbright, proposed an ambitious idea: Create an educational exchange program to rival the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship in the UK. “According to his biographers, he found his experience as a Rhodes Scholar so transforming and so, so significant for him,” said Gerardo Blanco, director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College.
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1 month ago |
theworld.org | Joshua Coe
In 2017, some 70,000 people marched through the streets of Budapest to protest a government crackdown on Central European University (CEU), one of Hungary’s most-prominent academic institutions. CEU, founded in 1991 by Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros, symbolized liberal academic values in postcommunist Hungary. But after nearly three decades in the country, CEU was forced out of Hungary under pressure from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government.
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1 month ago |
theworld.org | Joshua Coe
This Sunday, 84% of United States adults are expected to recognize Mother’s Day — to lift up and highlight the motherhood journey and the bonds that come with it. Other countries also observe Mother’s Day, but on different dates. In her new book, “Four Mothers: An Intimate Journey Through the First Year of Parenthood in Four Countries,” journalist Abigail Leonard explores the experience of parenting across different cultures.
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2 months ago |
flipboard.com | Joshua Coe
College Student Airlifted From Mount Fuji Had To Be Rescued Again After Going Back To Find His PhoneMost people who end up in a scenario that requires them to be airlifted from a mountain would probably wait a while before trying to tackle it again. …
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2 months ago |
theworld.org | Joshua Coe
Momodou Taal is a doctoral candidate in Africana Studies at Cornell University. “I look at how countries that have experienced colonialism reclaim sovereignty, particularly focused on political economy,” Taal told The World. “My kind of particular focus is on West Africa, and I look at Ghana and Guinea in the era of independence.”But right now, the 31-year-old’s dissertation work must be done entirely online from an undisclosed location outside the United States.
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The New York Times has discovered the wonder of Boston's Allston Christmas: https://t.co/hu2uGGZEA7
For decades, the Fulbright Program fostered global understanding -- that's made it an important soft power tool in the US State Department's toolbox. Today, it's on the chopping block -- and the impact could take decades to suss out. For @TheWorld: https://t.co/RCI1jRnx1Y
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