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The Sooner, The Better: Building Financial Literacy Among Black Students (and Communities)

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It wasn’t until I became an adult that I realized that from all of the life lessons learned in our low income household, financial literacy was not one of them. In my journey to seek generational wealth so did a rising devotion to teaching financial literacy to Blacks and Brown communities. Borrowing from the U.S.

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Scholar-Activist Returns Home: Dr. Kala Burrell-Craft Named Dean of Grambling State's College of Education

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Her research focuses on identity development, anti-racist teacher and leadership preparation, culturally responsive pedagogy, critical literacies, and social justice. As a scholar-activist, Burrell-Craft has built her career around addressing educational equity in urban and rural contexts.

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Former K-12 Teacher Voted AERA President-Elect

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She was a 2022–2023 fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and is a member of the National Academy of Education. in language, literacy, and culture from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, respectively.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones Howard University

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Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, and, in 2022, she opened the 1619 Freedom School, a free afterschool literacy program in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. Her reporting earned her the MacArthur Fellowship, a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards, and three National Magazine Awards. She co-founded the Ida B.

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Survey: Most Now View Higher Ed as a Good Investment

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This compares to 52% in 2023, 68% in 2022, and 56% in 2021. The report exposes opportunities to continue driving new value by enhancing GenAI literacy as most employers (62%) expect some level of GenAI competency.

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Partnership Receives $100,000 to Increase College Access for Indigenous Students

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Partnership with Native Americans offers scholarships, college grants, emergency funding, college readiness camps, and literacy and school supplies through its American Indian Education Program to improve Native students’ access to higher education. We're proud to support PWNA."

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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In 2022-23, over 350 students were awarded close to $772,000 in Graduate Initiative Grants. in 2022-23. San Francisco State University From 2010 to 2022, Latinx-identifying undergraduate enrollment at San Francisco State University (SFSU) increased from 19% to 39%. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1% That number increased to 47.8%

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