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Columbia College Chicago Plans to Eliminate Programs and Lay off Some Faculty

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Columbia College Chicago has announced plans to consolidate or discontinue several of its degree programs and possibly lay off more than two dozen faculty members On Monday, Interim Columbia College President Jerry Tarrer said in a statement that the cuts were "a logical and necessary step." "We

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Complete College America Offers Playbook on How Higher Education Can Bolster Civic Engagement

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The report provides an outline for how faculty, staff and administrators can infuse the curriculum with informative material, forge partnerships with community-based organizations and create opportunities for students to learn and practice the relevant skills. It cannot be a tangential, peripheral set of activities,” said Watson Spiva.

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A Hope Built on Things Eternal: A Scholar’s Vision for Black Education - Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

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After completing his doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction in 2016, Henry joined the faculty at the University of Arizona, where his understanding of race in America was enriched by exposure to border state dynamics and the intersection of Black, Indigenous, and Mexican communities. Political Science, Tulane University; Ph.D.,

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Rewriting the Script: How HBCUs Are Shifting the Future of Graduate Education

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From curriculum to campus culture, intentionality drives design. Faculty are not just instructorsthey are mentors, guides, and co-conspirators in the work of equity and justice. We are investing in faculty. We are building networks of legacy mentorship. We are forging alliances across Minority-Serving Institutions.

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

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faculty, staff, and administrators) are highly underrepresented, which is a crisis. 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.

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How Being a Mother and Academic Helped Me Fix Higher Education’s Transfer Crisis

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Truly universal transferability would require faculty buy-in and better digital tools. And so, one of the first things I knew I needed to do was engage our University Faculty Senate, both out of respect for their role in our decision-making process as part of shared governance and to leverage their expertise.

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UNCF Launches Parent Advocacy Initiative to Address Teacher Diversity Crisis

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The study revealed that HBCUs maintain extensive recruitment networks, cultivate intentional relationships with students, employ culturally responsive curriculum, and provide comprehensive mentorship support.