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$25M Foundation Grant Promotes Internships Among Humanities Majors

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CCNY will develop an online database tracking internship and job placements of humanities majors and offer new courses that would provide academic credit for supervised internships. ODU will provide internship placements and related programming for 750 humanities students over five years.

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Report: Nation Still Has ‘Miles to Go’ to Increase Black Students’ Educational Opportunities

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Disproportionately low numbers of Black students have the same access to Advanced Placement (AP) courses as many of their peers. Black Americans are disproportionately burdened by college-tuition debt and only about 12.5% of college students are Black.

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Black Students Less Likely Identified for Special Ed When They Have Black Teachers

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That can be problematic, to the extent that both of those placements are kind of associated with longer-term student trajectories.” And so, to not find that for the gifted placement was super interesting to me." In the beginning when we started this work, I had that hypothesis.

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Why We Need a Fairer and More Equitable Approach to K-12 Grading to Boost College Completion

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The discrepancy between grades and actual preparedness can result in a mismatch in college placement, preventing students from enrolling in courses that accurately reflect their knowledge. They can create a more nuanced and equitable approach to grading that truly reflects student learning and prepares them for success after high school.

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Dr. Valerie Kinloch Appointed President of Johnson C. Smith University

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We need to make space for innovation and for different types of learning – not just inside of classrooms but also through internships, experiential engagements, and job placements with businesses, organizations and community groups with whom we have deep relationships,” Kinloch said. “We

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The College Board Announced Decision Not to Alter AP Courses to Accommodate Florida Demands

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The College Board will not be altering its Advanced Placement (AP) classes to accommodate new demands from Florida, The Hill reported. Ron DeSantis The educational testing company announced this decision in a letter last Thursday.

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Sharpton Organize March to Protest DeSantis' Crusade to "Whitewash Black History"

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Al Sharpton DeSantis’ latest efforts to halt Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies in Florida public schools continues to face nationwide backlash. “He might call this a crusade, but everyone can clearly see this is a campaign tactic for him to run for president. Intersectionality is a uniting framework.

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