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This series provides a multi-cast narrative of the book, "Undaunted Women Many schools around the country are struggling to of Nanking: The Wartime Diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-Fang," written by find enough teachers. Large numbers of teachers quit by Hua-ling Hu & Zhang Lian-Hong and published by SIU Press. Listener discretion is after a short time on the job, so schools are constantly advised due to subject matter. struggling to replace them. The most common level of experience of teachers in the United States now is one ABOUT THE BOOK: During the infamous “Rape of Nanking,” a brutal military occupation of Nanking, China in 1937, year on the job. We’ll look at the implications of these it is estimated that Japanese soldiers killed between 200,000 and 300,000 Chinese and raped between 20,000 and trends, both for children and for the teaching force. 80,000 women. To shelter civilian refugees, a group of Westerners established a Nanking Safety Zone. Among these humanitarians was Minnie Vautrin, an American missionary and acting president of Ginling College. She and Tsen Under Pressure: The College Mental Health Crisis • Shui-fang, her Chinese assistant and a trained nurse, turned the college into a refugee camp, which protected more Mon, Aug. 23 at 7pm than 10,000 women and children during the height of the ordeal. This collaboration between American Public Media Reports and the Call to Mind project asks: What is a The podcast highlights the stories of survival using the women’s wartime diaries and eyewitness accounts which are college’s responsibility for helping students navigate detailed in the book. Episode one is now available to stream on NPR One, Spotify, iTunes and at news.wsiu.org. Look mental health challenges, and how well are colleges for new episodes each Thursday this fall and spring. rising to the task? Fading Beacon: Why America Is Losing International NEW HOST JOINS HERE & NOW ON AUG. 9 Students • Mon, Aug. 30 at 7pm SCOTT TONG NAMED THE NEW CO-HOST We team up with Karin Fischer of the Chronicle of Higher Education to trace America’s rise as a global Scott joins the program after 16 years at Marketplace. He was the China beacon for higher education and examine what’s lost as bureau chief in Shanghai from 2006 until 2010. Since then, he’s been a senior students pursue education outside of the U.S. correspondent and has reported from more than a dozen countries — from refugee camps in East Africa to shoe factories in eastern China. As part of Marketplace’s Sustainability desk, he covered the global economy, energy, and the environment — HOW TO LISTEN TO NPR ON and has done stories on everything from hacking and fracking, to climate and water, YOUR SMART SPEAKER Hollywood in China, Huawei, driverless cars and tech spying. The new way to experience public radio is here. 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