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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Editor's Note: With the exception of the last section about an Anti-Racist, Culturally Competent Special Education Model, the content in this article comes from a recently accepted journal manuscript. CritSEM: Advancing QuantCrit to examine racialized resegregation in special education. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness.

Education

Education Placement Teaching Instruction

Study: Third-Grade Retention Has Positive Effects for Student Outcomes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Holding students back a year may have its benefits, according to a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Literacy is really important. Nicholas Hartlep, the Robert Charles Billings Chair in Education at Berea College and a former elementary school teacher.

Retention

Retention Literacy Students Mathematics

Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students.

Retention

Retention Mentoring Financial aid Grant

Diddy Delivers $1M to Jackson State Football

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

He had previously given $1 million to Howard in 2016 to establish a scholarship fund and had said that he would donate a further $1 million to the school in the same acceptance speech. The money will pay for financial literacy efforts and "providing a practical model for economic empowerment,” per a press release.

Literacy

Literacy Scheduling Scholarship Success

Panel Spotlights Registered Apprenticeships at MSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

There is also instruction in job-search skills such as interviewing and resumes, and in relevant life skills, such as teamwork, stress management, and financial literacy. In recent years, Alabama has been the #1 state in terms of opioid prescriptions written, with 121 per 100 people in 2016.

Instruction

Instruction Literacy Grant Inclusion

Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This is year 19 for Examples of Excelencia, an annual recognition given by Excelencia in Education. Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. Founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Santiago and Sarita E. They are staying in the program and they’re doing well.”

Tutoring

Tutoring Retention Mentoring Faculty

Critical digital literacies, agency and hope

Catherine Cronin

AUGUST 24, 2022

At the start of this summer, I gave a keynote at the annual AMICAL Conference titled ‘Critical digital literacies: Developing agency and sustaining hope in troubled times’ Yesterday, AMICAL kindly posted the videos from the conference, so I am sharing links to the keynote and to the conference here. AMICAL Conference 2022.

Literacy

Literacy Facilitation Higher education Scholarship

2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

Retention

Retention Facilitation Faculty First generation

Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Blogs Creating a data-informed campus: part 3 Using data to facilitate institutional effectiveness The conversation around data-informed decision making in higher education continues to accelerate. All too often, however, the question of how to capture these data and use them to positively affect the institution remains.

Facilitation

Facilitation Literacy Higher education Compliance

Improve your program review process with these 4 data tips

EAB

MAY 25, 2023

Louis Slimak , Associate Provost for Curriculum and Assessment at West Virginia University (WVU), has done extensive work to overhaul the WVU’s program review process—and its culture around data more broadly—since his arrival in 2016. How did you train and educate your staff? The data and analyses are not going to be perfect.

Literacy

Literacy Faculty Communication Compliance

Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. An abstract for each chapter is shared below. Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education ( Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education, Vol.

Advising

Advising Counseling Mentoring Teaching

Bullying

SRI Education

JULY 28, 2023

We wanted to learn more about bullies and victims in early elementary school, which is a critical period for bullying screening and prevention (Kljakovic & Hunt, 2016; Yeager et al., 2016; Huang, 2018; Okonofua & Eberhardt, 2015; Tenenbaum & Ruck, 2007). 2013; Kljakovic & Hunt, 2016; Oncioiu et al.,

Mental health

Mental health Literacy Instruction Curriculum

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2025

As the 14th Librarian of Congress from 2016 to 2025, she became the first woman and first African American to hold the position. Libraries are also grappling with rapid technological changes, including the implications of artificial intelligence for information literacy and access.

Humanities

Humanities Literacy Accessibility Access

Funding at Risk: How AANAPISI Programs Transform Student Lives

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

Mike Hoa Nguyen, an assistant professor of education at New York University, the refugee course, the multilingual writing center and ARISE program all serve as prime examples of the kind of culturally relevant courses and programming that help students from this demographic succeed. The department administers grants for AANAPISIs and MSIs.

Tutoring

Tutoring Academic advisor Students Mentoring

Student Success Central

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

Study: Third-Grade Retention Has Positive Effects for Student Outcomes

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diddy Delivers $1M to Jackson State Football

Panel Spotlights Registered Apprenticeships at MSIs

Examples of Excelencia

Critical digital literacies, agency and hope

2023 Seal of Excelencia

Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

Improve your program review process with these 4 data tips

Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Bullying

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

Funding at Risk: How AANAPISI Programs Transform Student Lives

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