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Seeking Equity in Healthcare Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jamal-Eddine said she envisions spoken word poetry becoming one of several tools of humanizing critical narratives that challenge and disrupt harmful hegemonic ideologies within nursing education. “I Sabrina Ali Jamal-Eddine Institution: University of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing Graduate Program: Ph.D.

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Aesthete Explores Equity in Disability Studies, Healthcare Education

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Jamal-Eddine said she envisions spoken word poetry becoming one of several tools of humanizing critical narratives that challenge and disrupt harmful hegemonic ideologies within nursing education. “I

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Culturally-Sustaining K-12 Education: Who’s Teaching the Teachers?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At a time when anti-Black sentiment permeates every level of our educational system, the need for educators who are anti-racist, equity-minded, and culturally sustaining is critical , and the stakes, particularly for Black students, are arguably greater in higher education than in K-12. Dr. Donna Y. Will they face the same repercussions?

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Webinar: AI Can Bolster DEI Efforts in the Workplace and Education

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Shayne Halls Halls, president and CEO of Manifested Dreams , a company that connects organizations to AI services, spoke about the various ways AI can improve tasks and projects previously assigned to humans, removing human biases and time-intensive processes along the way. “AI AI is not new.

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Massasoit Community College Launches New Black Studies Major

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Massasoit Community College is officially offering a Black Studies curriculum. That’s when student responses to a survey about the need for a culturally diverse curriculum prompted the creation of two courses related to the Black experience in film and music, says Dr. Carine Sauvignon, executive dean for Massasoit’s Canton campus.

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Dr. Safa Zaki Appointed First Woman President of Bowdoin College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A psychologist and cognitive scientist, her research centers on the human mind and how people divide the world into categories. “In Safa Zaki Zaki is currently dean of the faculty and the John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy Professor of Psychology at Williams College.

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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s not just taking any GE class, we’re handpicking GE classes that focus on the Black experience,” said Wood, who noted that the college curriculum will be broadly influenced by Pan-African studies. Wood — whose research focuses on racial equity in education — saw an opportunity. Dr. Donna Y.