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College Board to Release Updated African American Studies AP Course Plans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College Board will release an updated version of its African American studies Advanced Placement course Feb. Ron DeSantis’s administration blocking initial pilot program plans in Florida high schools. Florida’s Department of Education has argued that the curriculum was contrary to Florida law and lacked educational value.

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Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?

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The College Board's decision to revise its African American Studies curriculum has come under fire from many who argue that the changes are motivated by political pressure rather than pedagogical considerations. He has stated that the revisions were made after input from professors and in accordance with "longstanding A.P. principles."

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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s not just taking any GE class, we’re handpicking GE classes that focus on the Black experience,” said Wood, who noted that the college curriculum will be broadly influenced by Pan-African studies. So far, administrators have already set aside over 6,000 square feet of space to house the college.

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Scholars of Urban Education Gather for Solutions-Based Conference

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Ladson-Billings is Professor Emerita and former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor in Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gloria Ladson-Billings, one of the world's most prolific educational researchers. But that's the reality."

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College Board Unveils New AP African American Studies Course

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ron DeSantis’s administration recently voiced opposition and blocked the pilot in Florida high schools, saying that the course was contrary to Florida law and lacked educational value. DeSantis has called the course a form of “indoctrination” and a way to “shoehorn in queer theory” through Black history for political purposes.

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Standing Up to Attacks on Black History and DE&I

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Thomas Stewart As a lifelong academic, a DE&I administrator, and a Black man, I watch all of this unfold with a growing sense of foreboding. Because the attacks on programs that acknowledge race and racism are an attempt to erase a chapter of American history marred by inequality that I experienced firsthand.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When cultural ways of being and cultural differences are framed as assets rather than problems, unnecessary special education referrals, labeling, and placements will decrease. Thus, it is critically important that all students are provided access to a rigorous curriculum in high school to prepare them to be college and/or career ready.