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Alabama A&M Launches Effort to Combat Racial STEM Teacher Gap

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kim Hughes, director of the UTeach Institute at the University of Texas “What we have learned is when you require students to spend more time or more money to become a teacher, it becomes a barrier, especially for first-generation students, low-income students, and students of color.

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Community College Teams Up with For-Profit for Medical Assistant Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Using traditional sources of financial aid and TFJSA funds, Alamo sent a special cohort of 10 students to CHCP’s program at no cost for tuition, laptop, books, and course materials. Eight were first-generation, and eight were students of color. Nine of them were female, and nine were over 25.

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Dream Big: Scholarship America Dream Award Scholar Vy Nguyen

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I was eager to learn new things and books were my favorite gifts. She’s particularly interested in pursuing a career in pediatrics and women’s health, and has just started a clinical placement at Providence Medical Center in the neonatal intensive care unit. As a kid, I was always a scholar,” Vy said. “I Vy maintains a 3.9

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. This edited volume comprises 19 book chapters divided into two sections: (a) primary and secondary settings; and (b) postsecondary settings. Dr. Erik M.

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