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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Specifically, in comparison to 2019, the previous assessment year, average mathematics scores for grade 4 students were lower in 2022 for American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, students of Two or More Races, and white students (see [link] ). Curriculum and instruction must be rigorous and relevant. Dr. Donna Y.

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HBCU Advancement Teams: Don't Underestimate the Power of the Individual Donor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Billionaire Robert Smith’s pledge to pay off $35 million in student loan debt for the Morehouse Graduating Class of 2019 was not only transformational and liberating for those directly impacted, but it would also go on to cause a catalytic movement that resulted in several individuals to follow his lead. billion and $516.65 Dr. Roderick L.

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Danielle Steel and the Tragic Appeal of Overwork

Cal Newport

According to a 2019 Glamour profile , Steel starts writing at 8:30 am and will continue all day and into the night. But there’s also a deep part of our humanity that responds to these successes — and the positive feedback they generate — by pushing us to seek this high at ever-increasing frequencies.

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Staying Relevant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rodriguez is “a scholar who exemplifies excellence in research, community engagement, and teaching,” wrote Dr. Marion Underwood, dean of Purdue’s College of Health and Human Services, in nominating Rodriguez to become a 2023 Emerging Scholar. human-centered design of health technologies; and 3.)

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Streamlined Registration Process Boosts Enrollment at Jacksonville State University

Civitas Learning

This eliminates the need for students to search through multiple platforms to find details such as instructional modality, fees, and the part of the term in which the course is offered. Finding innovative, effective ways to overcome barriers to recruiting new students and retaining existing ones is imperative to JAX State’s future.

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Virtual Reality is Transforming Higher Ed

EAB

Let's get back to that event you mentioned earlier that was in LA with the folks from ASU and Dreamscape, tell us a little bit more about the format of the event and some of the takeaways for you in how higher Ed could integrate virtual reality as an instructional tool. So important part of the toolkit for admissions teams.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

link] Comics and graphic novels can disrupt traditional texts by challenging the worship of the written word ( Torres, 2019 ), a feature of white supremacy that perpetuates textual hierarchies within educational spaces. Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education ( Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education, Vol. link] Dr. Edward C.

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