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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

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For example, in the K-12 context, research has shown a dearth of Black male teachers, disparities between how schools located in underserved areas are financed vis-a-vis schools in affluent neighborhoods, and uncertified educators contribute to the learning gap between Black and White students.

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Algorithmic Bias Continues to Negatively Impact Minoritized Students

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As institutions of higher education turn to AI machine learning and data-driven algorithms to make their work more efficient, a new study published in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) peer-reviewed journal , AERA Open , reminds administrators that algorithms can be racially biased.

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Dr. Mildred Garcia

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She has served on editorial boards for a variety of scholarly publications and has been an active participant and consultant in the policy work of the National Science Foundation, the American Educational Research Association, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and other national, regional and state higher education organizations.

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CRM Platforms Can Improve HBCU Enrollment and Retention

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billion in the last 23 years, according to a 2022 study by Hunt Institute, a nonprofit education research group. Although NSU had used a CRM in the past, their previous software was not customizable and did not offer retention or student success components. Discriminatory funding has deprived HBCUs of roughly $12.8

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Study: Third-Grade Retention Has Positive Effects for Student Outcomes

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Holding students back a year may have its benefits, according to a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). According to the study, Indiana’s grade retention policy was in effect from the 2011-2012 through 2016-2017 school years.

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Spotlighting Rural Communities

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Means Title: Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh Age: 39 Education: B.A., counselor education (student affairs), Clemson University; and Ph.D., sociology and political science, Elon University; M.Ed., Means’ endeavors have yielded enviable results.

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Bridging Research and Practice

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Across campus, there’s the school’s college for student success, which is named after the first Black alumna, Dr. Merze Tate, who went on to become an accomplished author and educator. From 1998 to 2003, Floyd served the university before going on to lead the University of Missouri and Washington State University. at Stanford.

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