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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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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. Ultimately, higher education leaders must also frame DE&I work as part of their ongoing commitment to human rights and free expression.

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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. Ford is Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Dr. Tanya J. c. Disciplinary overrepresentation. Dr. Donna Y.

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An Urgent Message to Teachers and School Psychologists Working with Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

gifted and talented, Advanced Placement, Honors). This has led some to take matters into their own hands, while school administrators unjustly punish them only for exercising their right to speak up. Jarrett Murphy is a school psychology doctoral student in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University.

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Community College Leader Recognized as 2023 Diverse Champion

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Gonzales said he did not necessarily aspire to be a higher ed administrator at that point, but it became a natural extension of his core passion for education. “I I can’t necessarily say that it was something I ever aspired to do,” said Gonzales of being a college administrator. “I And they’ll come up afterward and say, ‘Thank you.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, we add culture to everything associated with gifted and talented education, Advanced Placement, special education, discipline, college and career readiness, and counseling. Ford is Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Dr. Tanya J. Dr. Donna Y. Fletcher Jr.,

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Dear David 2.0: Unmasking the College Board’s Profiteering at Educators’ Expense

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A little background for anyone new or unfamiliar with The College Board The College Board, a major educational “nonprofit” organization in the United States that operates around the world, is perhaps most famously known for its administration of the SAT and Advanced Placement (AP) exams.

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