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Why Inclusive Education Is So Difficult to Defend and Deliver

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JT Torres We have all heard stories of flawed approaches to inclusive teaching. The incident spread rapidly, picked up by conservative media outlets as another example of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) gone wrong in the classroom. Inclusive teaching? Here’s one. Even when we try to do everything right, teaching is hard.

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

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The administration's criticism focused on Hayden's diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and her efforts to make the library's collections more representative of America's diverse communities. Hayden's nearly five-decade career in library science has been marked by efforts to democratize access to information. She holds a B.A.

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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

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“I remember riding the bus home from work one day and I saw someone with the Central Michigan University bumper sticker, and so I applied because I recognized the bumper sticker,” says Patterson-Stephens, who graduated in 2003 from CMU with a degree in sociology. I made sure I was available. I made sure I was there to problem solve.”

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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

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in 2003 – and 7.5% Among these suggestions were calls for corporations to implement inclusive hiring practices and diversity in leadership; and a need for higher ed to recruit Latino faculty in engineering and tech. rise from 7% to 13.6%. On the graduate level, Latino students were 9.4% of engineering doctorate recipients.

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

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14, 2003) While there is no shortage of higher education news outlets, none has covered two-year and four-year colleges and universities and their efforts to promote equity and inclusivity quite like this one. 16, 2003) 5. From Opening Doors to Opening Minds,” Aug. Mississippi’s Crusading Gadfly,” Jan.

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DREAM Conference Marks Milestone

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At a time when some organizations and associations have opted to boycott holding their convenings in Florida — the battleground in the ongoing fight to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives — Stout says that it was particularly important for ATD to show up in the Sunshine State this year.

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Bridging Research and Practice

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Opportunity to make a difference For the 49-year-old public scholar who has spent much of his career exploring issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and anti-racism leadership across the K-12 and higher education landscape, coming to WMU was an opportunity to help propel the 120-year institution forward.