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How Maricopa Community Colleges are Leading with Workforce-aligned Bachelor’s Degrees

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In 2021, Arizona community colleges received approval to offer baccalaureate degrees. By partnering with Intel, our curriculum prepares students for real-world application. Todays learners require affordable pathways to high-demand, high-wage careers. Maricopa Community Colleges has been at the forefront of AI.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Our comprehensive strategy emphasizes culturally relevant curriculum, robust community connections and clear pathways to success—crucial for nurturing a sense of belonging and enhancing academic persistence. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1% years in 2021-22.” The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to Latinx students has grown.

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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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From Classrooms to Ballots: Unpacking the Significance of School Boards in the 2024 Elections

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These positions wield significant influence over local education budgets, curriculum decisions, and the hiring and firing of school leaders. One group, Moms for Liberty, founded in 2021, supports political candidates, including an active focus on school board races aligned with their mission.

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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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