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Five for Friday
A Weekly Digest from the Bush Center

July 17, 2020

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2020 North Korea Freedom Scholarship Recipients Announced

This week, the Bush Institute announced the 12 recipients of the 2020 North Korea Freedom Scholarship. Established in 2017, the Scholarship is designed to help North Korean escapees and their children pursue higher education and build productive, prosperous lives as new Americans.
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In Focus


ANALYSIS | Prioritizing Immigration Reform
There have been 48 immigration policy changes since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bush Institute Executive Director Holly Kuzmich explains how these changes make it harder for foreigners to work and study in the United States and urges Congress to prioritize comprehensive immigration reform.
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EDUCATION | Identifying the COVID Slide
Come September, the fairest way of assessing student progress will be to require beginning-of-the-year exams. Bush Institute Senior Editorial Advisor Bill McKenzie explains how the data will be used to diagnose any gaps that might need attention.
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HUMAN FREEDOM | End the Internet Shutdown in Burma
Burma — already notorious for the world’s longest ongoing civil war — now owns the distinction of having the world’s longest internet shutdown. Bush Institute Program Manager Jieun Pyun wrote a piece for The Diplomat urging the international community to put pressure on the Burmese government to restore internet access.
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CONVERSATION | The Richness of the Texas-Mexico Border
Dr. Juliet Garcia was born in Brownsville, Texas, to parents who saved $ 10 at a time to make sure she got a college education. She later became the first Mexican-American female to head a U.S. university. She joins Anne Wicks, the Bush Institute's Ann Kimball Johnson Director of the Education Reform Initiative, to discuss the remarkable South Texas region.
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