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AB 705: Bold Policy, Implications for Equitable Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, the percentage of first-time students enrolling in transfer-level math and English courses within their first year of college rose dramatically between the fall 2015 and fall 2020 cohorts. Many other states have adopted or are implementing similar reforms and are observing comparable outcomes.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

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His dedication to the work would eventually increase student placement rate for Xavier by 50%, building a pipeline to both Ivy League institutions and regional or local graduate schools. now retired, is a fellow Xavier alum who spent 21 years working at Xavier in the office of Graduate Placement. Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr.,

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Higher Education Can Connect Diverse Students to Lucrative, Technical Careers

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According to Handshake, a network of institutions and employers that helps connect students with early career opportunities, trade careers saw 49% fewer applications in 2022 than 2020. Denmark Tech’s overall job placement rate upon graduation or training completion is 93%. Dr. Willie L. president of Denmark Technical College.

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Standing Up to Attacks on Black History and DE&I

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After a national and international racial reckoning spurred by the killing of George Floyd in 2020, politicians have hit back hard. Black history — and Black Americans — are under attack.

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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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Community College Leader Recognized as 2023 Diverse Champion

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In January 2020, he began serving as interim chancellor of MCCCD and was initially told that he would likely be in that role for six months until a permanent chancellor was named. Terry Calaway, who was serving as president of CAC at the time, to enroll in the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Dear David 2.0: Unmasking the College Board’s Profiteering at Educators’ Expense

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A little background for anyone new or unfamiliar with The College Board The College Board, a major educational “nonprofit” organization in the United States that operates around the world, is perhaps most famously known for its administration of the SAT and Advanced Placement (AP) exams.

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