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). Opponents of the practice have argued that grade retention is punitive and can harm students socially and emotionally, Hwang said. As of 2019, 18 U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Beth Schueler University of Virginia Policy debate is a competitive activity in which students engage in structured argumentation about public policy issues, often requiring in-depth learning about policy areas. The impact was almost entirely concentrated among reading subskills that involve more analysis and argumentation.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

Black students in elementary school, particularly Black boys, are less likely to be identified for special education when their teachers are also Black, according to a new report published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

We use the term and notion of resegregation in special education to describe the overrepresentation of Students of Color in special education, an issue that continues to persist today. After all, special education was created, in part, for this intended purpose. Thus, our use of the term resegregation is intentional.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception. Dr. Linda Darling- Hammond The leadership of the national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education and currently boasts a membership of about 25,000 scholars — remained exclusively white until the 1990s. Dr. Joyce E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

The Columbia study, which had the more positive results, showed that perceptions of higher ed have declined since the researchers did a similar survey in 2017: there was a seven-point decrease in the percentage of Americans who saw public spending on higher ed as an excellent or good investment. But the differences are still stark.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Means Title: Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh Age: 39 Education: B.A., counselor education (student affairs), Clemson University; and Ph.D., Those identities very much shaped how I navigated my pathways to and through higher education.”

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