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Grassroots Push for Computer Science Education Gears Up

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For close to a year, I have been strategizing and working with Randy Raymond, a software engineer at Google, to make access to computer science education the new “Space Race” and create models that schools can scale to deliver instruction to students.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

More specifically, the council is designed to facilitate strong and effective relationships between schools and parents, families and caregivers. 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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University of Miami Computer Science Student Fuels “Accelerate Tech” Pilot Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Davenport, a freshman computer science major from Washington Township, New Jersey is the first facilitator for a new computer science “Accelerate Tech” pilot program that has been incorporated into the Saturday school programming at Earlington Heights Elementary School. Not everyone knows or understands that.

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Inspiring Tech On-Ramps

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is a need to find ways to meet students where they are and integrate meaningful content and curriculum into what they are doing. Additionally, building on existing curriculum bases or helping teachers to establish new ones is a way to keep students on the tech highway after they have accessed it via an on-ramp.

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A Tribute to Dr. James A. Banks — The Father of Multicultural Education: In These Troubling Anti-EDI Times

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This pedagogy exists when teachers modify their teaching to facilitate the achievement of marginalized students – minoritized students and low-income students. Multicultural curriculum and instruction enhance racial and ethnic pride, along with relationships among students from different backgrounds.

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Demystifying Graduate School: A Guide for First-Gen BIPOC and Nontraditional Students

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This essential resource offers step-by-step instructions on how to maneuver the admissions process before, during, and after applying. However, the lack of understanding of the ‘hidden curriculum’ presents a significant obstacle for many first-generation BIPOC, low-income, and nontraditional students.

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From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

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Addressing Study Error in the National Evaluation of Upward Bound – Do the Conclusions Change?

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