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Simple Ways to Bring Mental Health Conversations to Your School This Year

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For those eager to increase knowledge about mental health … download the Active Minds Peer-Powered Mental Health Curriculum for High Schools for free today! The curriculum contains thirteen discussion guides rooted in mental health literacy and social-emotional development.

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Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Because they are receiving unnecessary services and may not have access to the general education curriculum and classroom. curriculum and instruction, and assessment). In fact, these resegregated practices cause short-term and long-term harm for Students of Color (National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2020).

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our comprehensive strategy emphasizes culturally relevant curriculum, robust community connections and clear pathways to success—crucial for nurturing a sense of belonging and enhancing academic persistence. Currently, 60.1% of the Fresno State student population is Latinx.

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Leveraging Materials Engineering to Improve Human Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In our field of biomedical engineering there are all these aspects of hidden curriculum that we wanted to be able to address by creating a community,” Moore said. a nonprofit organization focused on empowering historically excluded groups with financial literacy. She is also the founder and president of Moore Wealth, Inc.,

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Navigating Pathways to Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This period was characterized by an increasing emphasis on computer literacy and the integration of technology into both curriculum and administrative processes. The integration of technology into the curriculum opened new avenues for teaching and learning, allowing for more flexible and innovative educational experiences.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The focus on English skills needed in an academic setting and tailored support services through the Academic Literacy & Language (ALL) Center have proven beneficial. They learn about what we call the hidden curriculum of grad school,” Janssen says. We hire their teachers after school to provide the curriculum.

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Breaking Barriers in Finance: The Impact of TRIO on Student Support Services Alumna Ashley Thomas

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Over the last two years, Thomas has been the driving force behind a project that connects TRIO programs with the financial literacy programming sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific , a multinational biotechnology firm.