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Investment in Math Education is Needed to Fuel the STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bridging the gap in access to digital tools, skills training, and a cutting-edge curriculum is essential for empowering underrepresented groups to participate in the tech landscape. Collaborative efforts could include tutoring programs, curriculum development, and targeted interventions designed to improve student outcomes in mathematics.

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Missouri State Announces Its 12th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Richard "Biff" Williams “I’m humbled by the honor and excited by the opportunity to lead Missouri State University toward a future where innovation, collaboration, and excellence define our educational journey,” said Williams, who becomes the university’s 12th president.

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Going Back to School Means Increasing Black/Minoritized Family Engagement Too

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Whether intentional or unintentional, the lack of or inadequate collaborations have negative consequences for Black and other marginalized students. instruction, teaching styles, learning styles). Topics and people that they want their children to learn about are not taught in the curriculum (e.g.,

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Dr. Jeff Cox Appointed President of the North Carolina Community College System

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Previously, he was superintendent of Alleghany County Schools; assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction for Lee County Schools; and an elementary principal and assistant principal in Union County Schools.

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Scholars of Urban Education Gather for Solutions-Based Conference

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That's been a requirement for Lewis, the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the executive director of the university's Urban Education Collaborative, the convener of the conference which first launched in 2014. Dr. Chance W.

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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In collaboration with the Los Angeles County Food Bank, Compton College offers a mobile food pantry. How do we get those businesses to look at our curriculum and say, ‘this is what we’re looking for our future employees,’ and make sure that our faculty are connecting that to our curriculum.”

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The Consuming Effects of Commodifying Education on Faculty Members

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Bennett As a team, we are a recent doctoral graduate, now administrator, and a faculty member, formerly a mentor and now colleague, to the first author; we have collaborated via mentorship, co-instruction, and co-research. Many institutions are returning to in-person or maintaining high-flex instruction.

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