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University of Miami Computer Science Student Fuels “Accelerate Tech” Pilot Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Davenport, a freshman computer science major from Washington Township, New Jersey is the first facilitator for a new computer science “Accelerate Tech” pilot program that has been incorporated into the Saturday school programming at Earlington Heights Elementary School. Not everyone knows or understands that.

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Demotion of USC Administrator Leads to Accusations of Racism

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

So you have to be able to look at pedagogy, you have to be able to look at curriculum. Additionally, at meetings with concerned faculty and staff, a white restorative process facilitator who had been hired by USC decorated the room with a rainbow mandala rug and crystals. What are we teaching? How are we teaching it? Who’s teaching it?”

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How Civitas Learning Partners are Removing Retention and Completion Barriers

Civitas Learning

Facilitate seamless transitions between departments When students recount the same information to different campus support staff, it wastes valuable meeting time and negatively impacts their experience, leading to frustration and a sense of disconnect.

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Breaking Barriers in Finance: The Impact of TRIO on Student Support Services Alumna Ashley Thomas

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Developed first by team members in Southern California and later expanded to Boston, the curriculum has helped students at the University of San Diego, California State University San Marcos, Boston College, and the University of Massachusetts Boston.

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Students, studying, and self-belief: don’t be your worst critic

Student Minds

Though tricky to navigate at times, it's a perfect opportunity to learn about yourself and life beyond the curriculum of your course. I had a conversation with my university, who have facilitated shorter, more manageable shifts for me, and I am having regular in-person contact with a practice facilitator, to check on how I am feeling.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We design the curriculum individually to students’ needs. I couldn’t have ever imagined that there was ever a possibility of me publishing an article one day.” Students attend a six-week course contextualized for their needs. It’s not one-size-fits-all,” says Espiritu. “We There is also the belonging aspect of it.”

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From Research and Theory Into Practice: hooks’ Homeplace Matters in the Educational Lives of Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Further, authors discuss the unique contributions of nine different articles around this topic for this special issue. Ford Cultivating Black joy is critical, given censorship placed in schools, on Black bodies, and in the curriculum. This article details two ways hip hop and YPAR were combined to develop homeplaces.

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