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They are Ready! Transforming the Narrative to Engage Black Males in Educational Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Group counseling. Use group work (counseling) for Black boys and young men to come together in community to discuss topics related not only to their backgrounds, but also academics, careers, and mental health challenges. Invite Black men from the community into the classroom and counseling groups to discuss their experiences.

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Report: Outdated Funding Law Hampers Community College Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Meanwhile, research increasingly shows that comprehensive support services like counseling, basic needs assistance, and mental health care directly impact student achievement, especially for historically underserved populations.

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Leading From the Intersection

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Im accountable for facilitating access to quality, culturally relevant instruction and services designed to prepare students for fulfilling careers and to help empower lives of civic engagement. For example, what happens when one communitys priorities conflict with anothers or when a decision makes a claim to me but not to the whole me?

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Trust and Transparency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Meridith Randall GWC Academic Senate President Damien Jordan, an associate professor of counseling, says Randall built trust among the faculty while serving as vice president of instruction, which readily translated when she became interim president. Randall says faculty training in online teaching is a priority this year.

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Panel Spotlights Registered Apprenticeships at MSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Registered A pprenticeships—programs that combine school instruction with paid on-the-job training, allowing students to “earn while they learn” — are critical on-ramps to good jobs. AAMU is hoping to offer RAs in psychology, counseling, and eventually STEM fields. These programs stand out in light of how few MSIs offer RAs.

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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

Years later, as higher education faculty in gifted and talented education, school counseling, mental health, and college and career readiness, we have the same and more concerns. Dr. Erik Hines Hines : As a graduate student in my master’s program, I became aware of test biases when learning about the school counseling profession.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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The Village is located near campus and provides wraparound services including case management, counseling and tutoring. Sul Ross State University Sul Ross State University (SRSU) is a public HSI located in Alpine, Texas, with instructional sites along the U.S.-Mexico years, compared to the collegewide average of 5.2

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