Remove Communication Remove Information Remove Literacy
article thumbnail

New Jersey Senate Sends K-12 Media Literacy Bill to Governor's Desk

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Phil Murphy will be receiving a media literacy bill from the New Jersey Senate to sign, a bill that would make New Jersey the first state to mandate information literacy education for all K-12 students. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy “This bill ensures that 1.3 Phil Murphy “This bill ensures that 1.3

Literacy 334
article thumbnail

Negotiating the Future: How HBCUs and MSIs Can Leverage Strategic Enrollment Management for Institutional Resilience

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEM as Negotiation Strategic Enrollment Management isnt merely about admissions and financial aidits about aligning institutional mission with market realities in ways that are both student-centered and data-informed. Equally important is the political environment. As Lewicki et al.

Literacy 263
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. These inform strategic decisions to address inequities and improve outcomes. … Santiago and Sarita E. Neufeldt, president of CSUSM.

Retention 325
article thumbnail

UC San Diego Health Receives $2.2 Million Grant to Encourage High Schoolers to Pursue Health Care Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million to develop a program to encourage high school students in underrepresented communities to pursue health care careers. UC San Diego Health has received $2.2 They will also encounter topics such as behavioral health, geriatric health, primary care, and general adult medical-surgical care.

Grant 264
article thumbnail

How My Classroom Became a Laboratory for Countering Truth Decay

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I now see healthy conflicts in my classrooms as a powerful way to reinforce lessons about honesty, civility and information literacy. False and misleading information quickly spread on how serious the virus might be and how to control its spread. The COVID pandemic exacerbated Truth Decay.

Literacy 336
article thumbnail

Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

EAB

Blogs Creating a data-informed campus: part 3 Using data to facilitate institutional effectiveness The conversation around data-informed decision making in higher education continues to accelerate. A common component of accountability is an increased reliance on data to inform decision-making.

article thumbnail

Study: Congressional Discussions of Student Loans Avoid Race Almost Entirely

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And although race was seldom mentioned, lawmakers managed to communicate paternalistic attitudes, in which borrowers were characterized almost as children, lacking the information or financial literacy to make good decisions. This type of discourse, based around cultural deficits, was particularly pernicious, according to Dr.