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Racialized Agency as a Buffer for K-16 Black Students in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To state the obvious, it is vital that administrators recruit and retain more Black STEM professionals in STEM and in the curriculum, particularly math and sciences courses in K-12 and in STEM majors. CURRICULUM MODIFICATIONS. FAMILY-SCHOOL COLLABORATION MATTERS. Then Black students can aspire to become STEM professionals.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Originally designed as an annual conference for CPI institutions, UNITE quickly evolved into the premier space for HBCUs to gather, collaborate, and push the boundaries of what's possible. DIVERSE : You've mentioned collaboration several times in this conversation. Innovation to us is collaboration. That's innovative in itself.

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Going Back to School Means Increasing Black/Minoritized Family Engagement Too

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I like the simple, straightforward definition of engagement set forth by the Connecticut State Department of Education : “Family engagement is a full, equal, and equitable partnership among families, educators, and community partners to promote children’s learning from birth through college and career.”

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The Equity Educator - Dr. Angelica Witcher Walker

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I know there are students out there that could definitely succeed, they just need the resources. Recognizing the limitations of having these subjects as a standalone curriculum, Witcher Walker spearheaded efforts to integrate them directly into the core medical education framework.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is also a desire to raise awareness about CAMP, so there is collaboration with the Latinx student center on campus and other student organizations to come up with meaningful ways to celebrate Latinx heritage during National Hispanic Heritage Month. They learn about what we call the hidden curriculum of grad school,” Janssen says.

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Fox Transitions From 20-Year Transformational Career

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The central value of transmitting women’s heritage and issues in the curriculum and the way Mary Baldwin’s history is celebrated are maintained. Some of the didactic and professional curriculum were flipped. I definitely want to be a resource to other presidents and other institutions,” Fox said. “I

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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Mark Henderson Henderson says the measure definitely influenced the enrollment of “historically excluded groups.” Mark Henderson, associate dean of admissions and vice chair for education in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of California (UC) Davis. Those students’ enrollments went way down, across the system.