Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

The rapid advance of artificial intelligence in the world of higher education has continued with the report that Harvard University has plans to use an AI chatbot as part of its introductory computer science course. Others are teaching information literacy by having students fact-check bots’ responses to research questions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

I know about the history of legal bias and racism — so when I teach law, I need to instruct my students in ways that bias might show up and what to think about when they ask an LLM a question.” Dr. Vaughn A. Calhoun, assistant vice president and dean of the Center for Academic Success at Seton Hall University, agrees. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Registered A pprenticeships—programs that combine school instruction with paid on-the-job training, allowing students to “earn while they learn” — are critical on-ramps to good jobs. In the program, s tudents learn construction , electrical and plumbing basics, blueprint reading and drawing, math , and worksite safety.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2023

High-impact tutoring models also utilize high-quality instructional materials and include mechanisms for collecting data on student progress. HBCUs like Spelman produce almost half of all Black teachers in America, despite making up only 3% of the nation’s higher education institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Similarly, our second finding suggests that kindergarten assessments predicted the resegregation of these boys and girls in special education, compared to white girls, by third grade. culturally relevant and sustaining teaching) and high-quality instruction (i.e., 7) Adopt multicultural education practices and principles (e.g.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. At orientation, bilingual sessions are offered.

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EAB

APRIL 5, 2023

Higher Education Inadequately Prepares Teachers to Teach Reading Effectively Teacher preparation programs rarely prepare educators to teach reading. Few prep programs, if any, include a curriculum conferring scientifically-based reading instruction methods or the five components of literacy. Ready to find out more?

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Timely MD

JULY 6, 2022

How can rural-serving institutions (RSIs) of higher education close the mental health support gap? Identifying rural-serving higher education institutions RSIs play a vital role in supporting educational opportunities, social development, and the well-being of rural residents, and communities.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Access, affordability, and free speech will continue to make headlines in higher education. Dr. Robert Kelchen, professor and head of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, says the administration will likely reintroduce the rule in 2024 using a negotiated rulemaking process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

All higher education professionals from HBCUs across the country, we are among the inaugural cohort of Teaching in an Inequitable Society fellows, sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children Black Caucus and the Institute for the Study of Modern-Day Slavery at Tougaloo College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Department of Education for a program to teach K-12 teachers about civics, history, and media literacy. Teachers who have been hired to teach history and social studies in [high-poverty schools] may not have had much coursework in history, civics and media literacy themselves or training in how to teach these subjects,” Harris said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs.

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Jon Tester (D-MT), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) for their efforts in ensuring that historically underserved students have fair opportunities to attend college, receive assistance to prepare for, succeed in, and complete higher education.

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COE

MARCH 10, 2023

If approved by Congress, this funding increase would allow Federal TRIO programs to move closer towards its goal of providing 1 million students with individualized support services, academic tutoring and individual counseling, financial literacy, and other needed resources to be successful in their academic careers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2025

It instructed the University to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs under whatever name, and to cease any admissions or hiring practices that consider race, gender, or even proxies for race. This is the kind of critical discernment educators and institutions must be free to practice. Weve seen this before.

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