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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community Colleges Are Well Positioned Historically, equity and inclusion in higher education have been shaped by various legislation and milestones that improved learner access in America. These historical progressions made the relationship between college access and inclusiveness symbiotic.

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As AI Continues to Progress, Opportunities and Warnings Abound

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some believe that it’s a first step toward a reimagining of the role of human instructors. If we have computers that can operate certain aspects of the higher education environment, then we can re-prioritize what humans do. With the use of a plug-in, ChatGPT can do data analysis and visualizations very quickly, saving human labor.

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The Consuming Effects of Commodifying Education on Faculty Members

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bennett As a team, we are a recent doctoral graduate, now administrator, and a faculty member, formerly a mentor and now colleague, to the first author; we have collaborated via mentorship, co-instruction, and co-research. How can resistance to neoliberal positionings reinforce learning, academic rigor, and basic human decency?

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Out With the Old, In With the New: Decolonizing the School Counseling Profession to Support Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Furthermore, school counselors can help students access resources needed to achieve a well-rounded pre-K-12 school experience to be prepared for college, careers, and adulthood. There is a good volume of work on multicultural counseling, which ends any excuse to be ill-informed, culture blind, or culturally assaultive. Dr. Erik M.

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AI: A Brilliant but Biased Tool for Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When ChatGPT, the large language model (LLM) AI that can generate long, detailed answers to complicated questions, was first made accessible to the public in November 2022, it changed the landscape of education forever. “As Many faculty have found ways to mix AI with human-driven writing solutions, marrying the two skills.

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Report: Student Interest in Pursuing Careers in Education on the Decline, But Enrollment in Intro Teaching Courses Rises

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Eighty percent of new Gen Z classroom teachers said the instruction they received lacked in some capacity. Boren says she thinks the education field won’t be able to attract and retain new talent unless the profession is seen as accessible, stable, and secure. Regardless of pathways, however, the U.S.

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Panel Spotlights Registered Apprenticeships at MSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Registered A pprenticeships—programs that combine school instruction with paid on-the-job training, allowing students to “earn while they learn” — are critical on-ramps to good jobs. In the program, s tudents learn construction , electrical and plumbing basics, blueprint reading and drawing, math , and worksite safety.