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AAUP Launches Investigation of Hamline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It quoted from a 2007 AAUP report on freedom in the classroom, stating that “ideas that are germane to a subject under discussion in a classroom cannot be censored because a student with particular religious or political beliefs might be offended.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The initiative – it started in 2007 per the request from the Bard College’s Prison Initiative (BPI) for an offline version of JSTOR – began with the creation of its first offline index, designed to work in a “minimal tech environment.” We don't know if it’s because they're bored or they're being instructed in a certain way,” she said.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tate IV, the current president of Louisiana State University. At the time, Tate was the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts and Sciences and Chair of the Department of Education at Washington University in St.

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Supporting LGBTQ+ Students as they Work to Achieve Professional and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2007, it became the first school in Kentucky to add gender identity to its non-discrimination policy. For example, at Capella, the faculty have developed a tool, on which faculty and instructional design staff are trained, to guide curriculum review to ensure that unconscious bias can be identified and removed from courses and materials.

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From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

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TRIO services include assistance in choosing a college and tutoring; personal, financial, and career counseling; assistance in applying to college; workplace and college visits; special instruction in reading, writing, study skills, and mathematics; assistance in applying for financial aid; and academic assistance in high school or assistance to reenter (..)

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Public Service Workers: Take Action by October 31, 2022 To Take Advantage of Temporarily Improved Loan Forgiveness Rules

NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

Detailed instructions on how to consolidate can be found here. Borrowers must submit a PSLF form that reflects any period of work for a qualifying employer since October 2007, when the PSLF program began. Step 3 : If necessary, consolidate your loans into a Direct Consolidation Loan.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Today, 36% of undergraduate students and 24% of graduate students identify as Latino, closely mirroring the demographics of Denver. “We

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