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Over 100 Organizations Urge Congress to Reverse Federal Education Grant Cancellations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In Louisiana, approximately $23 million in investments designed to build a pipeline of quality teachers for high-need schools was canceled, affecting multiple programs that would have provided over 550 teachers to New Orleans schools by 2025. Michigan lost TQP grants focused on addressing teacher shortages and improving literacy instruction.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Burrell-Craft, who will begin her tenure in Summer 2025, is the fourth generation in her family to be associated with Grambling, following her grandfather, parents, and brotherall alumni of the institution. "Dr.

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Postsecondary Enrollment Continues to Grow, Most Notably at Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College student attendance patterns this spring compared to spring 2024 are reinforcing and building on the growth that we saw in the fall, said Dr. Doug Shapiro, executive director of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC), which released its report on spring 2025 enrollment. The current enrollment is a 3.2%

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DEI Under Attack: The Truth from the Frontlines of Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The 2025 National Action Network (NAN) Convention continues to be a clarion call for justice, strategy, and truth-telling. She called out the need for media literacy among our youth, who are often misled or confused about whats true. Alford, SVP, The Grio.

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Celebrating the Incredible Emerging Scholars of 2025

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Active Minds is honored to share our 2025 Emerging Scholars and their incredible research. She plans to transfer to a four-year university in Fall 2025 to major in cognitive science and minor in health innovation and entrepreneurship. The post Celebrating the Incredible Emerging Scholars of 2025 appeared first on Active Minds.

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Active Minds is honored to share our 2025 Emerging Scholars and their incredible research. She plans to transfer to a four-year university in Fall 2025 to major in cognitive science and minor in health innovation and entrepreneurship. The post Celebrating the Incredible Emerging Scholars of 2025 Copy appeared first on Active Minds.

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Former K-12 Teacher Voted AERA President-Elect

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Dr. Maisha T Winn The association announced that Winn will join the AERA Council as president-elect in 2024–2025, ahead of her presidency, which begins at the conclusion of the association’s 2025 annual meeting. in language, literacy, and culture from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, respectively.

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