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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. 2, 2006) 6. (“From Opening Doors to Opening Minds,” Aug. Publishing work of journalists of color.

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Harvard Names Dr. Claudine Gay to Presidency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Experts in higher education, diversity, equity and inclusion celebrated the news, hoping it could signal to other institutions that it is time for more diverse leadership. She joined Harvard in 2006 as a professor of government and African and African American studies. Gay’s appointment comes on the heels of the U.S

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Community College Student Support Program Effectiveness and Expansion Discussed at Symposium

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Matters surrounding this expansion and scalability were discussed in sessions at a a one-day symposium, Building Towards Equity in Higher Education. Founded in 2006, the program now serves almost 900 students. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Marianne Bertrand, director of the Inclusive Economy Lab.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Banks chronicled the history of Black AERA leadership in a March 2016 article, titled “Expanding the Epistemological Terrain: Increasing Equity and Diversity Within the American Educational Research Association,” that appeared in the journal Educational Researcher.

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After Settlement with Howard University, Students Call for Sweeping Changes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A 2006 National College Health Assessment found that just under 50% of the over 94,000 students surveyed reported feeling “so depressed it was difficult to function,” and 9.3% Bazelon offers a model policy for colleges and universities to follow as a best practice for mental disability inclusion. had contemplated suicide.

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5 Tips for Recruiting and Enrolling Latine/x Students in Your Community College

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Now, schools must work harder to prioritize closing equity gaps and bringing these students back to campus. When you foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus, students are more likely to feel a sense of connection and community—and, as a result, are more likely to persist. 3 easy changes that build a more inclusive campus.

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Capabilities Approach & open education

Catherine Cronin

Critical approaches to open education often focus on issues related to access, equity and agency: Access arguments are foundational in every rationale for open education, i.e. how to enable access to education for all. Making resources legally accessible (e.g.