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Report Shows Small Changes in Post-High School College Enrollment

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percentage points between 2021 and 2022 graduates across nearly all high school characteristics in terms of enrolling in college within a year of graduation. from the class of 2021 to 53.7% for 2021 graduates to 58.1% for the class of 2022. High minority high schools showed a similar upward progression from 55.9%

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Going Back to School Means Increasing Black/Minoritized Family Engagement Too

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Mapp and Bergman (2021) in The Carnegie Reporter , and Good Reason Houston share several: 1. Topics and people that they want their children to learn about are not taught in the curriculum (e.g., I have written extensively about cultureblind curriculum and its myriad of problems. content, books events, topics, issues).

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UW Gets Google Gift to Diversify Computer Science Education

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According to a 2021 report by the Computer Science Teachers Association and the Kapor Center , a non-profit focusing on the intersection of racial justice and technology, only 19% of PreK-12 computer science teachers are Black, indigenous, Latinx, or Pacific Islanders. With Google’s help, this year’s goal is to accept 20 students.

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New Tool to Measure DEI Efforts Introduced

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The instrument comprises 41 items about six scales: institutional environment, faculty and staff hiring, faculty and staff retention, student admissions, student retention and completion, and curriculum. The items were found to be highly reliable as part of a pilot program done in the spring of 2021.

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Phylicia Rashad Slated to Step Down as Dean of Howard University's College of Fine Arts

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Despite her short tenure, Howard officials credit Rashad with modernizing the school’s curriculum, expanding enrollment among fine arts majors, and designing a modern fine arts building. Even while serving as dean and professor at her alma mater, Rashad has continued her acting career.

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Emory University and College of the Muscogee Nation Receive $2.4 Million to Support Native and Indigenous Studies

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An emphasis will be on increasing the number of Mvskoke speakers, revitalizing CMN’s Mvskoke language curriculum, and put forth a successful language revitalization model for tribal nations. In September 2021, Emory acknowledged that it was founded in 1836 on land that the Muscogee Nation had ceded to the U.S.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

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For Fall 2021, the College of the Desert’s (COD) student headcount included 8,213 Hispanic students, 1,657 white students, 395 Asian students, 252 Black students, 28 American Indian/Alaska Native students, and seven Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Island students. Community colleges serve the most diverse students in all of higher education.

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