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Why Inclusive Education Is So Difficult to Defend and Deliver

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2003 ; Bloom, 2009 ). Universal design The more flexible and accessible our environments are by default, the less we need to play gatekeeper, counselor, or diagnostician. In other words, assessments that are equitable are also effective.

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Active Minds Statement on Shutdown of 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline LGBTQ+ Subnetwork

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Former Library of Congress Chief Carla Hayden Joins Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow

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Carla Hayden The appointment, announced Monday by the Mellon Foundation, comes as libraries and cultural institutions face unprecedented challenges ranging from artificial intelligence's impact on information access to escalating censorship efforts nationwide. Hayden's contributions to library science have earned widespread recognition.

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National Opinion Polls on Affirmative Action: Inflaming an Issue that is Divisive Enough

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Bollinger decision in 2003. What is salient in the Leadership Conference report is the “whole story,” i.e., the holistic process that the Supreme Court required in the 2003 Grutter decision. Complicating this issue is that the Census Bureau predicts that by mid-century, America will be “majority minority.” They’re intense enough.

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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

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in 2003 – and 7.5% Addressing this requires culturally sensitive, early interventions involving families and communities and educational efforts to improve mental health access and awareness within the U.S. rise from 7% to 13.6%. On the graduate level, Latino students were 9.4% of engineering doctorate recipients.

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It was NEVER about Deion: HBCU Realities VS. Perceptions

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Our schools have long fought for equal access to opportunities and resources while being overlooked, underfunded, and crucified by public perception. Jackson State has ranked within the top 15 in all of FCS since 2003 when the NCAA started publishing the data. Since 1837, HBCUs have been tormented by the hands of white supremacy.

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Supreme Court Hears Opening Arguments on Affirmative Action

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Carol Ashley, lead counsel of the team that wrote the American Association for Access, Equity, and Diversity’s amicus brief The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases expected to determine the future of race-based affirmative action programs in America. In her majority opinion in Grutter v.