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Why Higher Ed Should Advocate for Universal Early Learning Coverage in the 2024 Election

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Bill de Blasio placed universal Pre-K at the forefront of his New York City mayoral campaign in 2013, he signaled a commitment to expanding educational opportunities for all children, regardless of their socioeconomic background. Dr. Marcus A. Bright Early childhood education is the foundation upon which all future learning is built.

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Decolonizing Higher Education Syllabi: Beyond the Aesthetics of the Syllabus

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In short, the syllabus helps to create a structured and organized learning environment, facilitating effective communication and expectations between instructors and students. The access and accommodation statement should clearly outline the university’s policies and procedures regarding students with disabilities. Dr. tavis d.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 2

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As I discussed in the first blog post in this series , institutions need a sufficient technology infrastructure to facilitate curation, access, and retrieval of data. These individuals help ensure that data is in a format that is appropriate and accessible for various reporting and analytics tools. Data analysts. Norris, D.

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

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Out of all the “personality assessments” I have taken, CliftonStrengths resonates with me most because of the personalized results and their seemingly infinite combinations – the odds that someone will have the exact same Top 5 results in the exact same order is 1 in 33 million (Leibbrandt, 2013). 2013, August 28). Let’s connect!

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

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gifted and talented); conversely, they are significantly overrepresented in special education, and in-school discipline and suspension rates (Ford & Moore, 2013; Hines et al., P-12 school systems should partner with local colleges, universities, and vocational schools to facilitate visits to demystify the postsecondary experience.

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How Scholarship, Service, and Experience Inform One Professor's Research

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Massey also co-facilitates the Binghamton Human Sexualities Lab with three colleagues. Making formal academic work accessible to a broader audience is also something he has learned and utilized. We published this in the Journal of GLBT Family Studies (2013), and we wrote a press release. Massey has done that several times.