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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The college will have its own dean of students, director, counselors, academic advisors, and outreach and support staff, and it will draw from existing faculty who have “a demonstrated record of success in teaching Black students,” said Wood. The entire college is being designed specifically with the Black student in mind.

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5 career services to support your professional and adult learners

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Career service teams should consider offering opportunities such as field work and clinical placements in partnership with employers , as well as digital simulations to provide students with exposure in new fields. And of course, make sure to advertise these experiential learning opportunities prominently.

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Nobody’s Perfect: Helping Students Navigate Achievement and Academic Excellence

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Making mistakes comes with being human, but when you’re a college student, you don’t always have the life experience to know that yet.” Academic pressure The competitive nature of college admissions, scholarships, and job placements has intensified recently. The Reframes campaign is showing what it means to be human.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

More specifically, the authors explain several problems/issues confronting Black male students in P-12 gifted and talented, advanced placement, and special education programs, along with the school-to-prison pipeline – inequitable discipline in the form of suspensions and expulsions. Dr. Donna Y. Dr. Edward C. Fletcher, Jr.

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