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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since Apple introduced Siri, its voice-controlled software, in October 2011, consumers have begun normalizing interactions with narrow AI. At the Community College of Aurora, our Office of Disability and Equity has implemented Kurzweil Education and Read&Write to enable our ability to make our curriculum accessible to all students.

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Supporting Counselor Trainees and Practitioners in the Wake of Racial Trauma

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Solutions for equity and emotional wellness To foster inclusive and resilient training environments, counseling programs and clinical sites must take intentional steps: • Curriculum Reform: Integrate racial trauma, identity development, and systemic oppression into core coursework — not just isolated diversity lectures. link] Smith, W.

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Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr.: Pioneering Theoretical Physicist Bridges Mathematical Worlds

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Gates was one of a dozen scientists who received the honor in 2013 for the year 2011 in a ceremony that had been postponed due to the 2012 election.

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Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Because they are receiving unnecessary services and may not have access to the general education curriculum and classroom. curriculum and instruction, and assessment). In fact, these resegregated practices cause short-term and long-term harm for Students of Color (National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2020). Prufrock Press.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ducommun Endowed Professor (Emerita) in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, was president in 2011-2012. Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings Dr. Arnetha F. Ball, the Charles E. Dr. Joyce E. King, the Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair and Professor of Educational Policy Studies, led the association from 2014-2015.

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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2005, Curry took a job at Compton College in an entry-level position within student services, ultimately working his way through the ranks of leadership to become interim president in 2011. We need to be more intentional at saying, ‘This is our major; how does this major connect to a job?’

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For Hispanic-Serving Institutions, the Designation is Not the Destination

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I did not see myself reflected in the curriculum, my professors, or the administration. Austin Community College District (ACC), for instance, was first recognized as an HSI in 2011, The designation is not, however, all that notable in and of itself. I quickly realized I was unprepared — both academically and socially.

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