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AAC&U Project to Assist 12 Campuses with Equity-Center Curriculum Design

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A dozen higher education institutions have been selected to participate in the Equitable and Inclusive Curriculum-to-Career Models Project, according to the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). This work is necessary for advancing higher education, student success, and our economy.”

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Demotion of USC Administrator Leads to Accusations of Racism

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USC declined to make administrators available for interviews with Diverse. So you have to be able to look at pedagogy, you have to be able to look at curriculum. Moreover, the collective says, the administration did not truly listen to students’ concerns, instead promoting the school’s various diversity initiatives.

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The Consuming Effects of Commodifying Education on Faculty Members

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For this piece, we identify the function and effects of neoliberalism on the relationships among graduate students and faculty. Neoliberalism’s intrusion in higher education causes students to expect high return-on-investment; correspondingly, faculty are expected to be superhuman workers. Dr. Cathryn B.

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A Registrar’s View: Will You Graduate?

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Curriculum proposing and processing is the first culprit in what I would consider the demise of a student’s dreams of completing their educational journey. Another issue that institutions of higher learning find that deters a completed graduation record is the availability of qualified faculty to teach in respective areas.

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Strategies for Speaking Out

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I suspect they apply whether you are faculty, staff, or student, and perhaps well beyond the academy as well. 4) Put all conversations you have with anyone in administration - about anything related to your public voice- in writing. I hope these starting points help decipher the hidden curriculum of scholar activism.

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$2.59M Grant Supports Nurse Training to Support Underserved Patients

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million grant through the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Program of the Health Resources and Services Administration. “We Through the program, the Egan School will develop curriculum on cultural competence, wellness, and telehealth. “It We are thrilled to be selected for this funding,” said Dr. Kathryn E.

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Culturally-Sustaining K-12 Education: Who’s Teaching the Teachers?

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Too often, we hear administrators complaining about their teachers being unprepared/under-prepared to work with Black students. We have to really take a step back and think about who's training the teachers with degrees, certification, and licensure -- and that is college faculty. Will they face the same repercussions?

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