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How Colleges Across the Nation are Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A leader of the Detroit chapter of the NAACP, Johnson passed away in 2011. Like MorehouseFlorida A&M Universityanother historically Black institution, will host a convocation, allowing students, faculty, staff and the local community in Tallahassee to gather to assess King's legacy of civic engagement and advocacy.

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Where is the Love? Compassionate Pedagogy is Needed Now More Than Ever Before

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Ford This concept stems from Richie Neil Haos (2011) research on critical compassionate pedagogy, which draws on Freires conceptualization of critical pedagogy (e.g., To implement a sense of compassion, educators must be committed to a flexible process facilitated through positive communication and transparency.

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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

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Since Apple introduced Siri, its voice-controlled software, in October 2011, consumers have begun normalizing interactions with narrow AI.

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Nichols College President Glenn Sulmasy Resigns Amid Allegations of Past Sexual Misconduct

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2011 academy graduate Melissa McCafferty also accused Sulmasy of verbal harassment and of texting her that he would only write her a law school recommendation if she sent him photographs of herself, telling her he had always loved her foot tattoo.

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Report Examines Fragmented Reentry Services for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Attending College

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The community organizations would really benefit from learning more about college students’ needs reentering, but on the flip side the colleges aren’t always thinking about their own reentering students.” That is a fact and we see it all the time with our own students when they return to community (P2CP began in 2011).

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Let Girls Be Girls: Navigating the Maze of Girls’ Mental Health

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This represented a nearly 60% increase since 2011 and the highest report in the last decade. Give them that space to vent and reflect without making them feel burdensome or selfish for communicating. Supporting and celebrating the girls around us requires a multifaceted approach encompassing recognition, communication, and empowerment.

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Valued or Devalued: Considering the Status of African Americans in Historically White Colleges and Universities

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There is great concern that African American student enrollment is reported to have declined by 29% from 2011 to 2019, representing a decrease of 600,000 persons. million of previously designated funding to campus police instead.