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An Equity and Access Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dueñas’ scholarship addresses issues of equity and access in higher education with a focus on sense of belonging and experiences with imposter syndrome among Latinx students attending four-year colleges and universities. “My Dueñas says she uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to examine students in their higher educational spaces.

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Digital Learning May Help Improve Outcomes Among the Under-Resourced Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Digital learning tools can help narrow equity gaps, according to a new report from Every Learner Everywhere. In some cases, it includes data on student retention, pass rates, and engagement and insights into student confidence and connection.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. CSUSM gathers and analyzes disaggregated data pertaining to retention, unit completion and graduation.

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Furman University and 14 Others Collectively Awarded $8.625 Million to Improve Inclusion for STEM Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Furman’s cohort – LCC1 – will facilitate faculty training in values of equity, social justice, and inclusive pedagogy; elevate student voices; improve the student experience; and engage faculty, staff, and students in making sustainable changes to introductory course curriculum.

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New Tool to Measure DEI Efforts Introduced

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Leshchinskaya is part of a team from Brooklyn College and the University of Florida looking to change that with the creation of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Institutionalization (DEII) assessment, a new instrument that allows colleges and universities to measure their DEI work at the institution level.

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Investment in Math Education is Needed to Fuel the STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Despite these promising prospects, it is crucial to acknowledge that the rapid progress in technology and related fields may not be accompanied by equity unless intentional efforts are made. Colleges and universities can also benefit greatly from sharing data regarding student performance and retention rates in STEM programs.

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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. Wood — whose research focuses on racial equity in education — saw an opportunity.