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The Strategic Necessity of Rest: Protecting Higher Education in an Era of Uncertainty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These puzzles, which require strategy and the careful placement of numbers 1-9 without repetition in rows, columns, and boxes, have become a nightly ritual. Higher education leaders must heed this advice as daily threats of defunding, erasing DEI initiatives, and book bans in states like Florida become more real.

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Educators as Co-Conspirators in Decolonizing Education for Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, some states have banned books due to race and gender, which can put educators at odds with non-discriminatory policies. GATE, Advanced Placement). However, the complexities of education often get in the way of successfully advocating for Black students in a way that is impactful and transformative.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This experience served as the fundamental reason I focused my dissertation and first book on gifted and talented Black students who became underachievers. I wanted my son to do well, so I waited. He was advanced but soon disengaged due to boredom based on lack of challenge.

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Decolonizing Higher Education Syllabi: Beyond the Aesthetics of the Syllabus

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This negative indoctrination starts early, as demonstration in a children’s book. Our fifth move is decolonizing experiential learning or field placement. Our experiential learning or field placement assessments should also be decolonized (see above for examples) to avoid drive-by teaching.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There will also be funding to cover books and other materials, as well as travel to and from student teaching placements. Around a quarter of the money will go directly to help students, including tuition reimbursement for the initial two courses and scholarships later on.

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When cultural ways of being and cultural differences are framed as assets rather than problems, unnecessary special education referrals, labeling, and placements will decrease. I ts date of 1933 notwithstanding, Woodson’s Miseducation of the Negro book remains timely and timeless. c. Disciplinary overrepresentation.

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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. The program will cover job training, job placement, and retention services, but not student stipends. Morrill is happy to continue the collaboration.