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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With the demise of affirmative action, threats to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI), and policies in higher education there might not be an immediate increase in the number of Black men seeking to enroll in higher education.

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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Moores journey to success is one he attributes to the steadfast support of his mother and the historical Dr. James L. Moore is also the assistant director of the Directorate for STEM Education at the National Science Foundation. From the small town of Lyman, South Carolina, Dr. James L. On Saturday, Jan.

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Study: Researchers Find Relationship Between Grades and Test Scores Examined in Context of Available Opportunities and College Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Indicators of high school grades and standardized test scores that account for available school, neighborhood, and family resources are strongly associated with those students’ college success, a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

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Making Math More Equitable

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ford, a Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, says she is impressed by Leyva’s scholarly productivity, noting that his research addresses important gaps in STEM educational research and literature. Ford envisions him having an impact on recruitment and retention.

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Racial and Gender Inequities Found in Field of Educational Measurement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Those are the findings of a new report supported by the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), and Women in Measurement (WIM). The report also studied how diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and anti-discrimination is perceived in the workplace.

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Dr. Mildred Garcia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

García’s research in higher education has concentrated on the impact that equity, diversity and outreach have on policy and practice. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appointed García to the U.S. Committee on Measures of Student Success. In 2010, U.S.

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Further, school counselors must be trained in using an equity-based lens to help students of color explore various career options and postsecondary opportunities in preparation to enter a global, diverse, and technological workforce. Equity-based career development and postsecondary transitions: An American imperative. Hines, E.M.,