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Report and New Database Identify Successful Programming for Latinx Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Excelencia in Education, an organization working for increased access and completion of Latinx students in postsecondary education, has released its latest report on programs that have qualitatively and quantitatively shown to improve and increase the success of Latinx students in higher education.

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Two Scholars are Building Diversity Initiative Database for All

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The Academic Pipeline Exchange is an open access database charting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in businesses, organizations, and institutions of higher education across the nation. While the full database is only in its initial stages, Drs. We’ve not seen the growth that we want.

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CSU Opens Up Access to Transfer Planner to All California Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community college students in California will now have an easier time lining up their academic progress to transfer to a California State University (CSU) system school, now that CSU has opened up access to its recent Transfer Planner to even more students.

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Study Investigates Racial Minority Student Law School Experiences

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Having meaningful relationships with law school faculty and staff is essential for underrepresented racial minority (URMs) students as they decide on law school options, adjust to academic environments, and negotiate in-school experiences, a recent study found. law schools.

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‘Freedom on the Move,’ Clarifying Complicity in American History

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In Florida, the state board of education adopted social studies standards that ignited an uproar by calling for students to be taught about “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” This is why I’m so enamored with a database called “Freedom on the Move.”

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$25M Foundation Grant Promotes Internships Among Humanities Majors

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Phillip Brian Harper “While it is obvious from the data that humanities majors regularly graduate into jobs that they find both emotionally and financially rewarding, that message has not reached students or their families,” said Phillip Brian Harper, program director for higher learning at Mellon Foundation.

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Charlie Baker Goes to the NCAA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For Charlie Baker, there are a lot of things similar about being a governor and the president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) — the nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics at about 1,100 schools across the nation. Baker says the NCAA is in the process of building a sports fan database.

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