Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Current Fresno State students serve as culturally responsive ambassadors trained to work with students and families, making in-person visits to local high schools, offering guidance on admissions, college knowledge, awareness of degree majors and career pathways, financial literacy and accessing support services on campus once enrolled.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 13, 2025
They work to help students navigate college, build peer networks, connect with staff, connect with faculty, provide different types of training, including financial literacy, all sorts of really wonderful types of supports wraparound supports that are not commonly found. San Antonio College speak glowingly about the ARISE program.
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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.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 17, 2023
NaYoung Hwang Grade retention, the practice of having students repeat a grade if they do not pass certain proficiency thresholds, has been argued to help children develop their reading and literacy skills in early grades, preparing them for educational pursuits in the future. Literacy is really important.
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.
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.
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.
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