Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Holding students back a year may have its benefits, according to a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Literacy is really important. Opponents of the practice have argued that grade retention is punitive and can harm students socially and emotionally, Hwang said. As of 2019, 18 U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

An AERA fellow, she was elected to AERA’s Executive Board and Council from 2018 to 2021, has been liaison to AERA’s Graduate Student Council and International Relations Committee, and co-edited Review of Research in Education, an AERA peer-reviewed journal.

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Literacy Leadership Humanities Teaching 306

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For DuPont’s Phyllis Buchanan, “promoting science literacy for all” has been her motivator. Buchanan, who manages the company’s Office of Education, a division of DuPont’s Center for Collaborative Research and Education, considers “today’s students” to be “tomorrow’s scientists.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

We use the term and notion of resegregation in special education to describe the overrepresentation of Students of Color in special education, an issue that continues to persist today. In fact, these resegregated practices cause short-term and long-term harm for Students of Color (National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2020).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. The intent is to bring attention to evidence-based practices that are making a positive difference for Hispanic students,” says Santiago, chief executive officer of Excelencia in Education. Santiago and Sarita E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Accountability comes in many forms: to state or governing agencies, students, key performance indicators, operating measures, and more. educational policy is a focus on using evidence, or data, to inform decisions about institutional and educator quality, budgetary decisions, and what and how to teach students” (3). link] Hillman, N.,

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