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The Strategic Necessity of Rest: Protecting Higher Education in an Era of Uncertainty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These puzzles, which require strategy and the careful placement of numbers 1-9 without repetition in rows, columns, and boxes, have become a nightly ritual. The existential threat of intruding upon academic freedomand, more importantly, the ability to teach, educate, and protestis at our doorsteps.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The College Board will not be altering its Advanced Placement (AP) classes to accommodate new demands from Florida, The Hill reported. College Board] will not modify our courses to accommodate restrictions on teaching essential, college-level topics,” the College Board said. Earlier this year, Florida Gov.

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Alabama A&M Launches Effort to Combat Racial STEM Teacher Gap

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On Wednesday, Alabama A&M University, the largest HBCU in the state, launched an effort to tackle the problem: AAMUTeach, a program allowing STEM majors to get a secondary school teaching certification while earning a bachelor’s, without any additional time or cost. If the student likes teaching, they can move to the rest of the program.

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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. The results of this research add to the case for the U.S.

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Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In fact, perceived learning difficulties may result from limited access to academic opportunities, a lack of culturally relevant teaching, low-quality teaching, and resource inequalities. culturally relevant and sustaining teaching) and high-quality instruction (i.e., Dr. Donna Y. public schooling.

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New Partnership Aims to Diversify Medical Device Sales

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The institutions are combining their talents to create a 12-week certification course that will teach students how to use and sell medical devices. It goes beyond teaching concepts, and theory and procedures, they act as a mentor to help students understand how to set themselves up for success in the industry,” said Allen.

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Standing Up to Attacks on Black History and DE&I

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Since 2021, legislatures and governors in 19 states have enacted educational gag orders that restrict teaching and learning about allegedly divisive concepts such as race, racism, and American history. So, when the teaching about race, inequality, and DE&I efforts come under attack, how should higher education leaders respond?