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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When cultural ways of being and cultural differences are framed as assets rather than problems, unnecessary special education referrals, labeling, and placements will decrease. intellectual disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, learning disabilities, ADHD, developmental delays). c. Disciplinary overrepresentation.

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Feeling stressed?

Student Minds

International Stress Awareness Week was created in 2018 to raise awareness about stress prevention. I know I did myself, particularly when it came to trying to balance university work with having a social life, exercising and completing other tasks such as applying for placement roles.

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Bridging the Gap From Education to Employment

The University Innovation Alliance

Between 2018 and 2020, seven University Innovation Alliance institutions utilized change management and human-centered design principles to identify and deconstruct barriers to successful career readiness for first-generation and low-income students.

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The AP Program’s Impact On Secondary Education

College Planners of America

Experts in higher education have long criticized the Advanced Placement (AP) program, but few have been as scathing as John Tierney, a professor at Boston College. That’s the case with Advanced Placement courses, one of the great frauds perpetrated on American high-school students. That’s a powerful statement.

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Franklin & Marshall College Names Dr. Andrew Rich as 17th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Altmann, who has led the institution since 2018. One of Rich's notable achievements at CCNY was the formation of a Public Service Career Hub, which more than doubled student placement in public service internships and jobs. Andy Rich New York (CCNY), as its 17th president following a unanimous vote by the Board of Trustees.

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How to Manage a PR Crisis

EAB

It could be a controversial political appointment, to the board of trustees of someone that students don't serve in the same, or identify the same political party as that individual or some controversy around that person's placement. It could be something that's happening outside of the institution. Until then, thank you for your time.