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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

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Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. percentage point increase in dual credit participation among low-income students from the 2016 senior class to the 2021 senior class.

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Seed Investments Fund 15 Research Collaborations Between Virginia Tech and Minority-Serving Institutions

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The research projects cover topics such as energy storage, nutrition, food insecurity, liquid fuels, education, artificial intelligence (AI), the humanities, robotics, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

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Dr. Orlando Taylor: A Person to Emulate

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He honored human beings. In a more scholarly vein, Dr. The Marie Fielder Center encourages research that addresses today’s educational and social problems through transformational change, equity, education, and justice. At other times, he would send flowers to people for their joys, sorrows, and accomplishments.

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Real Faculty Wages Decline for Third Straight Year

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Melissa Fuesting, senior survey researcher for the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR), the pandemic cannot be solely to blame. If an institution was really wanting to legitimately intervene on women’s pay equity, promotion salary talks would be a really good place to look at it,” she said.

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

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The funding comes as part of a California program to tackle issues of equity in higher ed and the workforce. A 1998 proposition eliminated most bilingual programs in California schools, and although it was reversed in 2016, there is still a shortage of teachers who speak multiple languages.

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Panel Spotlights Registered Apprenticeships at MSIs

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There is also training on diversity, equity, and inclusion, featuring modules on implicit bias, intersectionality, and micro and mac ro- aggressions. In recent years, Alabama has been the #1 state in terms of opioid prescriptions written, with 121 per 100 people in 2016.

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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

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Among the programs are accounting, business administration, health administration and services, finance, human resources, and marketing. Webster University The mission of Webster University, a private institution in Missouri, prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The most popular graduate programs are the MBA and the M.A.

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