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An Inclusive Approach to Increasing Access to Student Mental Health Services

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Nichole Kang College campuses have made great strides in making mental health services available to students, but access remains a critical issue. An Inclusive Approach As educators passionate about and dedicated to the success of our students, we have an obligation to step in and play a role in alleviating this issue.

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Breaking Barriers: The Struggle for Inclusion on Community College Campuses

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While community colleges play a crucial role in providing accessible and affordable education to diverse student populations, many still struggle to fully accommodate students with disabilities, according to insights from community college students, faculty, and higher education experts. Its not innate for everyone, says Trent.

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Protecting Trans Rights? Disability Inclusion? International Students? Why It’s All the Same Battle

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It echoes in the lives of disabled people, especially Deaf and neurodivergent people, whose insights are essential to many fields in school and college education, design, and accessibility, yet who are too often excluded from schools, jobs, and public life. One in four adults in the U.S.

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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community Colleges Are Well Positioned Historically, equity and inclusion in higher education have been shaped by various legislation and milestones that improved learner access in America. These historical progressions made the relationship between college access and inclusiveness symbiotic.

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Breaking Barriers: Dr. Charles Lee Isbell Jr. Brings Vision for Inclusive Excellence to Illinois

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

has been named the 11th chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, bringing with him a distinguished record of academic innovation and an unwavering commitment to expanding access in STEM fields. Charles Lee Isbell Jr.

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Beyond Implicit and Explicit Bias: A Transformative Guide for Educational Equity

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As issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion continue to be at the forefront of educational discourse, Kizarts contribution stands out for its practical approach to understanding and counteracting specific biases that often undermine well-intentioned equity efforts. The books greatest strength lies in its practicality.

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Why Inclusive Education Is So Difficult to Defend and Deliver

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JT Torres We have all heard stories of flawed approaches to inclusive teaching. The incident spread rapidly, picked up by conservative media outlets as another example of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) gone wrong in the classroom. Inclusive teaching? Here’s one. Even when we try to do everything right, teaching is hard.

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