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A Tribute to Dr. James A. Banks — The Father of Multicultural Education: In These Troubling Anti-EDI Times

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This pedagogy exists when teachers modify their teaching to facilitate the achievement of marginalized students – minoritized students and low-income students. This includes modifying teaching styles and strategies to accommodate the cultural styles of students. · An Equity Pedagogy.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I think public institutions have a mission to make sure that those in society have access to higher education,” says Alexander, who arrived at UCLA in 2006. AAP emphasizes that their students have earned the academic right to be at UCLA and have shown the potential to excel and graduate. Coming from such a background drives him. “I

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Unequal Distribution

NACAC's Admitted

Oftentimes low-income students rely on loans they are stuck paying back over many years, even decades. In addition, many low-income students work numerous hours while enrolled to help pay for college, attend part-time, and drop out due to work, family, and financial demands.

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A Major Flaw in the IDR Account Adjustment: Excluding Time in Default

NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

By Kyra Taylor , National Consumer Law Center and Winston Berkman-Breen , Student Borrower Protection Center This blog is the third post in a three part series about the IDR Account Adjustment and the continued flexibilities available to borrowers seeking Public Service Loan Forgiveness. From 2006-2015 she gets a job as a teacher’s aid.