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$25M Foundation Grant Promotes Internships Among Humanities Majors

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mellon Foundation has awarded a total $25 million in grant funding to five public colleges and universities to establish paid internship programs for humanities majors. To those ends, the humanities internship grants aim to make internship participation more widely available for humanities majors.

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

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When cultural ways of being and cultural differences are framed as assets rather than problems, unnecessary special education referrals, labeling, and placements will decrease. When denied accessed to needed advanced courses and opportunities, students underachieve , and the Black-white achievement gaps persist. Dr. Donna Y.

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Educators as Co-Conspirators in Decolonizing Education for Black Students

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GATE, Advanced Placement). Denied access to advanced programming and courses contributes to underachievement, boredom, and possibly behavioral problems for Black boys and girls. Ford is a Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Erik M. Dr. Donna Y.

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New HBCU Medical College in NOLA Will Confront Medical Inequities

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It will take partnerships like Xavier and Ochsner’s, and educational commitment at all levels to improve STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] education and providing advanced placement courses. This work will inspire bold efforts to expand inclusiveness, in terms of access to careers and healthcare in the U.S.

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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

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In my mind, I want everyone to attend an HBCU if they can, but we also know that’s not the right placement for every student depending on where they’re from, and so basically, it’s our alternative to that,” he said, adding that he wants to replicate the HBCU experience for the students who enroll in the Honors College. “I’m Dr. Donna Y.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

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These two educational fields rely extensively on tests, often exclusively, to make educational and placement decisions that negatively affect Black student school engagement and performance, which contributes to underachievement – performing lower than they are capable of performing, as shared in our opening statements. Dr. Donna Y.

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A Clarion Call for Change: Four Black Scholars Reflect on the Critical Need for More Educators of Color

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For example, we add culture to everything associated with gifted and talented education, Advanced Placement, special education, discipline, college and career readiness, and counseling. Lack of rigor concerns low challenge, the absence of critical thinking, and less access to advanced courses. Dr. Donna Y. Fletcher Jr.,

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