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Taking Physics to the People - Dr. Christina Love

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Associate Teaching Professor, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 40 Education: B.S., David Goldberg recalls that Love was hired when the department was seeking new teaching faculty with a focus on STEM. While there were over 85 outstanding applicants, Dr. Love was in a category of her own. Loves Ph.D.

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How Maricopa Community Colleges are Leading with Workforce-aligned Bachelor’s Degrees

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In an effort to fill critical openings, some schools have reduced the criteria needed to teach, including the requirement of a traditional teaching bachelors degree. By partnering with Intel, our curriculum prepares students for real-world application. to offer a bachelors degree specializing in AI and Machine Learning.

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Investment in Math Education is Needed to Fuel the STEM Workforce

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To address this issue, educational institutions, policymakers, and industry leaders must work collaboratively to create pathways that ensure equitable access to STEM education and training. Integrating real-world applications of mathematics can help students recognize its value and relevance, thereby enhancing their motivation.

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Yale Pledges $10M Toward HBCU Partnerships, Following Slavery Apology

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Yale University has pledged $10 million toward an initiative to strengthen its relationship with historically Black colleges and universities in the realm of research, teaching, and student access. Dr. Peter Salovey The initiative is part of a redress following Yale President Dr. Peter Salovey and Senior Trustee Josh Bekenstein’s Feb.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. From 2021 to 2024, the percentage of Latinx faculty applicants increased by 15%.

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Another HBCU on Track for Reaccreditation

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It’s taken months of collaboration across institutions, but east Tennessee’s only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) is on track to regain accreditation. The college is anticipating submitting its application for approval in April. Knoxville College (KC), a private institution, lost its accreditation in 1997.

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A2MEND, University of La Verne Partner to Empower African American Male Scholars

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The award — applicable to most of the degree and teaching credential programs offered by the university — provides financial assistance to A2MEND students, college advisors, and full-time or part-time permanent staff at its 39 chapters across the California Community Colleges system.