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How Incarceration Impacts the Basic Needs of Loved Ones & Families

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She had been waiting outside the door before the office opened, anxiously checking her phone for updates on whether her son was going to be granted a hearing date to commute his sentence. For more information on supporting formerly incarcerated students directly, please see the link to a recently published Diverse article.

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What to Expect When Expecting a DEI Layoff

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There are plenty of how-to books and articles about picking yourself up after a job loss, but we rarely discuss the pain of losing our workspace and the daily routines we once shared with colleagues. We must acknowledge how all the labor and passion that we pour into our work can be taken for granted by presidents and CEOs.

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With Pell Grants Expanding to the Incarcerated, Experts Say Prisons Need To be Less Restrictive of Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Congress voted in December 2020 to restore Pell Grants for incarcerated Americans after a 26-year ban, advocates hailed the move as an opportunity for 760,000 people in prison to achieve a better life through education. Computer access is really atrocious,” said Appleman. It becomes a normal thing, just like a law library,” he said. “I

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Central State Grad Dr. Morakinyo Kuti Appointed University’s President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He served as the vice president for research and economic development and director of land-grant programs and as its associate provost for research. Diverse highlighted the circumstances surrounding his exit from the presidency in this article. “I intend to make the board very proud of this decision.”

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Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby Selected to Lead USC Race and Equity Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition, she has published dozens of articles in Educational Researcher , Review of Educational Research , Educational Psychologist , Contemporary Educational Psychology , Teachers College Record , and many other top journals. More than $4 million in National Science Foundation grants have funded her work.

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JSTOR's Digital Archives Now Reach Over Half a Million Incarcerated Learners

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Contained in a thumb drive that had to be manually installed and updated, the offline version held a catalogue of 500,000 JSTOR article titles and accompanying short descriptions that learners could peruse. If they found some interesting, they could then make requests to their administrator or librarian for the full text of articles. “I

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AERA Releases Handbook on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers

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The H andbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers born from a grant from AERA’s education research conferences program, was produced with contributions from leading researchers and policymakers.

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