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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Editors of top-tier journals couldn’t comprehend why she chose to focus on Black women instead of Black people generally, and if she wanted to talk about Black women and girls in the courses that she taught, she had to figure out how to slip the material into the pre-designed curriculum. It definitely helped me stay in the role.”

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Culturally-Sustaining K-12 Education: Who’s Teaching the Teachers?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Consider this: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2019 updated definition of burnout includes three dimensions: “Burnout is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. While important, “the work” goes deeper than putting Black faces and voices in your curriculum.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I like the simple, straightforward definition of engagement set forth by the Connecticut State Department of Education : “Family engagement is a full, equal, and equitable partnership among families, educators, and community partners to promote children’s learning from birth through college and career.” Dr. Donna Y.

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A Different, Ongoing ‘AI’ Problem?in Colleges and Universities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This negation of their humanity and their consequent relegation to sub-human status based on their racial identification provided justification for the pattern of horrific treatment inflicted upon them – a pattern that laid the foundation for the system of chattel slavery later imposed upon millions of hostages stolen from Africa.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Attempts to develop an accurate definition and measure of "intelligence" have been fraught with difficulty and controversy. Curriculum and instruction must be rigorous and relevant. Ford is Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Dr. Tanya J. Dr. Edward C. Fletcher Jr. Dr. Donna Y.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Among the larger two-year programs are law enforcement, nursing and human services. Our American Indian students can still learn about their history, their language, their culture by the curriculum that we offer, and non-Native students can learn about American Indian people. On-campus enrollment is approximately 615 students.

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Best AP Classes for High School Students: CollegeAdvisor x StudyLab

Student Research Foundation

Advanced Placement courses, more commonly known as AP courses, are designed to mirror the rigor and curriculum of introductory college-level courses. With all that in mind, there is no definitive answer to which AP classes will best prepare you for college.