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AAC&U Project to Assist 12 Campuses with Equity-Center Curriculum Design

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A dozen higher education institutions have been selected to participate in the Equitable and Inclusive Curriculum-to-Career Models Project, according to the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U).

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Furman University and 14 Others Collectively Awarded $8.625 Million to Improve Inclusion for STEM Students

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Furman University and 14 other institutions have collectively been awarded $8.625 million to improve inclusion for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This project will transform the student experience in STEM at Furman,” said Dr. Alison Roark, associate professor of biology and program director.

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Panel: Erasing Black History Threatens to Harm Black Community, Students, and Nation's Future

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Janel George The panel – part of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s larger National Racial Equity Initiative for Social Justice (NREI) Summit – brought together experts to discuss contemporary attacks against the inclusion of Black history in societal awareness and education. the NREI website stated. the NREI website stated.

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HBCUs Continue to Meet Their Mission During Tough Times

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She and other scholars underlined the critical importance of HBCUs and an inclusive, expansive history curriculum being taught to students K-12 and beyond. Dunbar shared her stories with the gathered crowd on the final day of the College Board’s "A Dream Deferred: a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Conference."

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A Registrar’s View: Will You Graduate?

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Curriculum proposing and processing is the first culprit in what I would consider the demise of a student’s dreams of completing their educational journey. Like the curriculum processing, there are academic departments that abandon concentrations within their majors because of the lack of faculty available to teach the course.

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FELICIA BENTON-JOHNSON

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Felicia Benton-Johnson Felicia Benton-Johnson has been appointed vice president for diversity and inclusive excellence at Clemson University.

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Morgan State University Wins 2022 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education

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The award applauds promising and innovative proposals to improve student success and degree completion at master’s and doctoral levels while promoting inclusiveness, with the winner receiving a two-year, $20,000 matching grant. Its instructional curriculum is built on a series of four courses.

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