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Standing Up to Attacks on Black History and DE&I

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In Florida — ground zero for many of these efforts — the legislature is now considering a bill that would prohibit public universities from offering certain majors and courses as well as spending money on diversity and equity initiatives. Education, dialogue, and free expression are necessary tools for the liberation of the mind.

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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In my mind, I want everyone to attend an HBCU if they can, but we also know that’s not the right placement for every student depending on where they’re from, and so basically, it’s our alternative to that,” he said, adding that he wants to replicate the HBCU experience for the students who enroll in the Honors College. Dr. Donna Y.

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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. Ford is Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Dr. Tanya J.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These two educational fields rely extensively on tests, often exclusively, to make educational and placement decisions that negatively affect Black student school engagement and performance, which contributes to underachievement – performing lower than they are capable of performing, as shared in our opening statements.

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Community College Leader Recognized as 2023 Diverse Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And I said, ‘No, you’re just a human being that’s never gone to college.’” Rivera noted that a previous placement exam once used in the MCCCD placed many students in developmental courses and was biased against first-generation students in particular. And they’ll come up afterward and say, ‘Thank you. Because I had no idea.

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A Clarion Call for Change: Four Black Scholars Reflect on the Critical Need for More Educators of Color

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, we add culture to everything associated with gifted and talented education, Advanced Placement, special education, discipline, college and career readiness, and counseling. 8) Recruits allies – engages with white students and/or adults to be proponents of anti-racism, equity, and cultural competence. (9) Dr. Erik M.

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Dear David 2.0: Unmasking the College Board’s Profiteering at Educators’ Expense

The Counseling Geek

A little background for anyone new or unfamiliar with The College Board The College Board, a major educational “nonprofit” organization in the United States that operates around the world, is perhaps most famously known for its administration of the SAT and Advanced Placement (AP) exams.

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