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Disabilities Access is About Holding Space

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Margaret Price The sentiment — addressing the dearth of disability accommodations in higher education that she and others have experienced — appears in her new book, Crip Spacetime: Access, Failure, and Accountability in Academic Life (Duke University Press, 2024). “We Price’s challenges to access did not end at obtaining coverage.

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An Equity and Access Champion

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educational leadership & policy analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison Career mentors: Dr. Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Alberta M. Another is “Culturally Responsive Mentoring: a Psychosociocultural Perspective on Sustaining Students of Color Career Aspirations in STEM,” which she is co-authoring.

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BMCC Grad Looks to Make Restaurants More Accessible

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Gesy Duran poses with her invention to solve wheelchair access issues when dining out. It’s accessible for me,” she said. Duran is working on other products that solve issues of accessibility, including a waterproof wheelchair cover, and a specially designed crib so that mothers in wheelchairs can take their children out safely.

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Maryland Teachers Receive Tuition-Free National Board Certification

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The partnership will also ensure students have access to rigorous and meaningful curricula, college and career pathways as they work on their certification.

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Delta College Is Meeting Students Where They Are With The Resources They Need

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Gavin’s commitment to making the institution more equitable and accessible by expanding its reach into neighboring communities began before he started his role. “I Once students enroll at Delta, Raube’s priority is to ensure that student support services and resources are accessible to them.

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Making Theater More Accessible

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Villada works to build connections with local theater groups such as CreArte Latino Cultural Center, a local Latinx theater company, and UnidosNow, a regional organization that pairs high school students from Latinx backgrounds with a mentor to guide them through the process of applying for college.

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Advancing Black Males in STEM is My Passion — Here’s How I Got There

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Black males need support from childhood through graduate education to improve, fulfill, and correct inequitable access to careers in science and engineering. If we work together to expand access to science and engineering for Black boys and males, we will begin to better utilize the brilliant, diverse talent in our country.