Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Many educators come to the profession because they have a passion and commitment to help students succeed. However, the complexities of education often get in the way of successfully advocating for Black students in a way that is impactful and transformative. GATE, Advanced Placement). These professionals are proactive.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Known for a dedication to fostering inclusion, Reis has a history of championing initiatives that promote representation and innovation in media education and is an accomplished scholar with research interests in environmental journalism, international communication, and the role of media in society. How do you measure success in this area?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Less than half of California’s students in foster care who complete high school enter postsecondary education within a year of graduation, according to a new report from The Foster Youth Pre-College Collective. Matt Strieker is CEO of United Friends of the Children, a member of The Foster Youth Pre-College Collective.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

They shared their convictions with their two sons, including the importance of education and social service. It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. now retired, is a fellow Xavier alum who spent 21 years working at Xavier in the office of Graduate Placement. Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The fanfare surrounding the decline in enrollments among students of color at elite schools partly reflects the medias preoccupation with elite education in the US. At the same time, national legal organizations have expressed cautious optimism. It nearly doubled in the past decade. But beneath these top-level headlines lies a deeper worry.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Todd said technical careers can get more students on the track toward social and economic mobility, and experts agree that higher education can also play a crucial role in diversifying fields that are overwhelmingly white and male. Denmark Tech’s overall job placement rate upon graduation or training completion is 93%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Editor's Note: With the exception of the last section about an Anti-Racist, Culturally Competent Special Education Model, the content in this article comes from a recently accepted journal manuscript. CritSEM: Advancing QuantCrit to examine racialized resegregation in special education. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

By introducing students to various career options and credentialing opportunities in middle school, they can make informed decisions about their educational journey. Traditional education systems often follow a predetermined pace, leaving little room for individual student acceleration.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As such, this global movement has forced us to revisit what and how topics and issues are taught in Pre-K-12 and higher education courses; as such, it has forced us to confront the sources of white supremacy, intolerance, and anti-Blackness and hate based on race and ethnicity. How do we do this?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

At the biennial International Conference on Urban Education (ICUE) Dr. Chance W. Over 270 sessions were offered at the conference, including a keynote address by Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, one of the world's most prolific educational researchers. Dr. Chance W. But that's the reality." Lewis, and Drs. Jerlando F.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2024

CCNY will develop an online database tracking internship and job placements of humanities majors and offer new courses that would provide academic credit for supervised internships. ODU will provide internship placements and related programming for 750 humanities students over five years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 22, 2023

Valerie Kinloch and Trustee Steven Boyd Kinloch is currently the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. We have to support critical thinking and provide an education that prepares students for the careers they want and that the community needs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

Black students in elementary school, particularly Black boys, are less likely to be identified for special education when their teachers are also Black, according to a new report published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). And so, to not find that for the gifted placement was super interesting to me."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2023

The College Board will not be altering its Advanced Placement (AP) classes to accommodate new demands from Florida, The Hill reported. Ron DeSantis The educational testing company announced this decision in a letter last Thursday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

DeSantis is using his office to sanitize Black history from the education system,” said Sharpton. “He Al Sharpton DeSantis’ latest efforts to halt Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies in Florida public schools continues to face nationwide backlash. He is sending a message that it is permissible to make racism state policy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In October 2022, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) released a new report where, again, Black students lagged behind white students on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) also known as the Nation’s Report Card. Years later, our experiences still haunt us.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

College Board will release an updated version of its African American studies Advanced Placement course Feb. Florida’s Department of Education has argued that the curriculum was contrary to Florida law and lacked educational value. 1, The Hill reported. This comes amid Florida Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

"The Cohen Career Collective will be the largest career and technical training facility of its kind in the region, offering programs to prepare New Yorkers of all ages, backgrounds, and educational levels for good jobs in high-growth sectors of our local economy." Adams said the goal is to make a positive difference in people's lives. "I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

Reflecting back on my elementary education, I believe having Black teachers not only shaped my identity to have pride in being a Black American, but it also normalized having Black teachers as being a way of life. Subsequently, I was motivated to be a seeker of truth and one who grew to have pride as a Black educator.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

Participants will also receive tuition assistance, mentorship, tutorial services, technology resources, networking opportunities, and job placement assistance. To be eligible, students must be a Pennsylvania resident; have enrolled prior in an accredited higher education institution; have withdrawn from school without a credential Jun.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2023

The impact can be financially catastrophic, given the rising cost of education, housing, and the general increase of costs in cities where colleges are located. “For trillion student loan debt.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I (Ford) was reading a commentary on the top number of “issues” facing education/ educators and became even more outraged and indignant on terminology used to describe children who live in poverty, Blacks, and other minoritized students. b. Special education over-referrals and overrepresentation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The students who are accepted into the college will complete their General Education (GE) classes there and will be taught in small classes and mentored by mostly Black Sacramento State faculty members. Wood — whose research focuses on racial equity in education — saw an opportunity. Dr. Donna Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

As the student starts to build up these experiences, where they have two, four, ten different companies that they worked with over their education pathway,” said Dave Savory, co-founder and vice president of experiential learning at Riipen. Through Riipen, these students also receive feedback from their employers. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2023

As widely predicted , the ruling reversed 40 years of legal precedent that protected race-conscious admissions in higher education. But last Thursday’s decision found that affirmative action in higher education violates the Constitution. It will certainly shrink an already narrow pipeline for law school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2023

But nothing in his contract indicates that he would be just an interim placement, the court found. The board is expected to respond to the court order Monday evening at a special board meeting. In late December, the board hired Greg South as interim president. His contract runs at least until Jun.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2023

Since 2021, legislatures and governors in 19 states have enacted educational gag orders that restrict teaching and learning about allegedly divisive concepts such as race, racism, and American history. The fate of affirmative action in higher education awaits a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Should we throw in the towel?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Jobs for the Future (JFF), a nonprofit driving workforce and education transformation, in partnership with the University of Phoenix released the report “Professional Social Capital: A Key to Black Economic Advancement.” Connections, networks and resources help people understand, access and navigate educational systems and the labor market.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2024

But as an educator myself, I knew that attending the meetings was essential so that educators would not dare to mistreat my son. Department of Education created the “ National Parents and Families Engagement Council to Help Ensure recovery Efforts Meet Students’ Needs.” Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Imagine that.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

Although HBCUs make up just 3% of colleges in the US, they produce nearly a quarter of Black students with STEM bachelor’s degrees and a quarter of Black students with bachelor’s degrees in education. We pride ourselves in what we already have in STEM and education,” she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Education is a center of much vitriolic partisan debate in America. He argued that education system would decline with an "accelerating rate" as intermingling between races increased. Regardless, it is evident any attempt to promote diversity within higher education must confront this long-standing history and its associated debates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The College Board has released a revised framework of its African American studies Advanced Placement (AP) course, a course that has received plenty of criticism from both advocates and critics this year. Davis III, an assistant professor in University of Michigan’s Marsal Family School of Education. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2023

The students – 23 received a certificate of completion or associate's degree – took classes through SLCC's Prison Education Program – which was founded in 2017 and offers job placement after their sentences end. "We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2024

Michael Koppenheffer EAB, formerly the Education Advisory Board, periodically surveys parents of students applying to college to understand their attitudes and the factors that influence their behaviors. The children of these parents had engaged in one or more college search behaviors involving four-year institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

Gonzales, education is a lifelong calling. Despite other opportunities available to him, he decided to pursue a degree in mathematics secondary education. Gonzales’ passion for education has culminated in a swift rise to being named chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) last September.

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Thrive Alliance Group

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Is your school district spending a fortune on out-of-district placement? In discussions with the child study team, the family, and the student, always talk about an out-of-district placement as a temporary solution to address the current need. It’s not a permanent step but a tool to get the student back on track. You’ve got this!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

MSC CEO Travis Allen said that part of what makes his program so unique is that instructors are actually “seasoned veteran medical device sales representatives,” who not only teach the students but also help them connect with jobs after completion, a key part of MSC’s 84% placement rate.

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