Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 17, 2024
By creating new internship courses, Fresno State will embed career preparation into the curriculum and transform student perspectives around the study of the humanities. ODU will provide internship placements and related programming for 750 humanities students over five years.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The College Board's decision to revise its African American Studies curriculum has come under fire from many who argue that the changes are motivated by political pressure rather than pedagogical considerations. Studies have uncovered various systemic factors that continue to impede equitable access to AP classes. principles."
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Ladson-Billings is Professor Emerita and former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor in Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During the COVID pandemic, a number of Black children were only able to access the internet through their smart phones.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
It’s not just taking any GE class, we’re handpicking GE classes that focus on the Black experience,” said Wood, who noted that the college curriculum will be broadly influenced by Pan-African studies. It’s a specialized, accelerated, elite experience,” he said. Wood is hoping to recruit some of those students to his campus. “In
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
When cultural ways of being and cultural differences are framed as assets rather than problems, unnecessary special education referrals, labeling, and placements will decrease. When denied accessed to needed advanced courses and opportunities, students underachieve , and the Black-white achievement gaps persist.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The legislative ramblings in Florida and other states seeking to remove Black history from the curriculum and revise Black history should give us pause about what historical information students will enter university with. Our fifth move is decolonizing experiential learning or field placement.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
These two educational fields rely extensively on tests, often exclusively, to make educational and placement decisions that negatively affect Black student school engagement and performance, which contributes to underachievement – performing lower than they are capable of performing, as shared in our opening statements.
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