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Maryland Teachers Receive Tuition-Free National Board Certification

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This process facilitates the introspection required for transformative teaching and learning our students deserve. I firmly believe perception informs pedagogy.

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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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Aside from writing about the plight of Black men in higher education, in our scholarship, we have employed an anti-deficit approach to highlight critical factors that help to facilitate the access, retention, and persistence of Black men in college.

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An Inclusive Approach to Increasing Access to Student Mental Health Services

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At Montgomery County Community College (MCCC), we take a slightly different approach to supporting the mental health of our students, centering around facilitating access and removing barriers to care. A primary component of this approach involves integrating mental health support with other basic student wellness services.

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Alumni Influence to Facilitate Diversity Starts With a One-Dollar Donation

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To facilitate and sustain positive changes in the academy, influence and pressure from both internal and external sources are necessary. As potential financial contributors to their alma maters, alumni are in an especially interesting position to advocate for an institutional environment that affirms and supports people of color.

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A Note to the Owner of “Our Executive Slaves"

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If the platforms facilitating these messages refuse to take responsibility, then they are complicit. It hides behind anonymity, spreads through bots, and targets victims with the relentless precision of a Terminator robot. This isn’t just a matter of technology; it’s a matter of accountability.

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The Importance of Immigrant-Origin Students to Two Campuses, Higher Education, and the USA

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We support the principles and ideals underlying the purpose of higher education and the missions of our institutions that make the case for immigration and supporting immigrant-origin students.

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A Scholar’s Fight for Community Power - Dr. Jonathan D. Gomez

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For example, he founded and facilitates the Culture Counts Reading Series, a bi-weekly poetry reading, writing and discussion workshop featuring works by San Jos poets. He also facilitates a leadership retreat for Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center, also known as Centro.

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