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JSTOR's Digital Archives Now Reach Over Half a Million Incarcerated Learners

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Heidi McGregor, vice president of communications at ITHAKA, noted that these permissions are similar to how much of everything else is “mediated” in and out of prisons. But we know that learners at all different levels of literacy and educational attainment are finding value in these archives when they're available to them.”

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. Faculty mentors were encouraged to engage with mentees, which resulted in faculty having to discover which methods worked best to communicate with their students. This program paired faculty members with developmental education freshmen. Currently, 60.1%

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university. Metropolitan University of Denver When Metropolitan State University of Denver began its pursuit of Hispanic Serving Institution designation in 2007, only 13% of its undergraduates identified as Latino.

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