Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

When Brown University released its landmark 2006 report documenting the institution’s historical involvement in slavery, many of its recommendations were one-time fixes: revising the university’s official history, creating memorials, and the like. Some, however, required longer-term engagement, such as the creation of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ), a research hub focusing on the history of slavery and its contemporary impacts.

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APRIL 7, 2023

From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs April 7, 2023 — by Terry Vaughan III The research will examine how TRIO programs can work with existing career services to provide comprehensive career support to learners. Ascendium Education Group , a nonprofit organization committed to helping people reach their education and career goals, has awarded the Pell Institute at the Council for Opportunity in Education a

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

The Colorado Community College System has announced transfer agreements with two historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs): Saint Augustine’s University and Texas Southern University. Come Fall 2023, this partnership will make SAU and TSU the only two HBCUs and first out-of-state transfer options in the community college system's Bridge to Bachelor’s Degree Program , which gives new, first-time students admission to participating four-year institutions upon associate degree completio

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Community College Review

APRIL 7, 2023

The job market is changing at warp speed. Find out which job fields are the most promising for community college graduates.

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Community college 101

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

The U.S. Department of Energy’s ( DOE ) Argonne National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory are partnering with University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras ( UPRRP ) to expand UPRRP’s environmental sciences program and attract minority students underrepresented into the atmospheric and Earth system sciences and new energy workforce. Dr. Yan Feng The four-year project is one of the four awards selected by the Biological and Environmental Research program as part of DOE ’s 2023 Reaching a N

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Leana E. Amáez Leana E. Amáez has been named vice president for equity and inclusion at Bates College. She served as the first global leader for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Boston-based insurance provider, Simply Business. Amáez earned a bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies from Wesleyan University and a law degree from Benjamin N.

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APRIL 7, 2023

Blogs 3 reasons your colleagues don’t want to use data—and how to change their minds Part one of a two-part series on data adoption Has this ever happened to you? Your office spent weeks collecting data, building reports, and setting up a new dashboard for your colleagues. Several months down the road you look at the adoption rates, only to discover they are less than you had hoped.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Christina Castillo Christina Castillo has been appointed director of the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center at South Dakota State University. She has a bachelor’s degree in communication studies and theatre from South Dakota State University.

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The Advisor That Cares

APRIL 7, 2023

Calling all paraphrasing pros! First, I am looking for all of your tips and techniques for effective review of literature (literally, how you take notes while reviewing it). Do you take notes as you go, one article at a time? Do you make notes across multiple articles based on themes/topics? Do you create a page of notes on multiple articles under those different headings?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Two Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology (TCATs) – Crossville and McMinnville – have earned VETS Campus certification, signaling commitment to efforts to help veterans succeed academically. The 2014 Tennessee Veterans Education Transition Support (VETS) Act – which established the VETS Campus program – requires schools to meet a set of seven programs, requirements , and qualifications to be certified by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Col. John P. Lloyd, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) North Atlantic Division (NAD), signed the updated Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) program management plan April 6. Col. John P. Lloyd AMIE is a diversity-promoting non-profit that USACE has been partnered with since 1996. “The update to the AMIE program management plan shows a continued top-down commitment from NAD,” said Keysha Cutts, AMIE enterprise program manager and program manager with the milita

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Humanities 212

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

The U.S. Air Force has eased body fat restrictions for recruits as of April 1, The New York Post reported. The percentage of body fat allowed has increased from 20% to 26% BMI (Body Mass Index) for males and 28% to 36% for females. These changes will allow up to 100 more recruits to join the Air Force a month. The new body fat standards are part of several the Air Force initiatives to appeal to more candidates without lowering the branch’s standards, Air Force Recruiting Service spokeswoman Lesl

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

A Tarleton State University doctoral student and U.S. Army veteran Nicole Burkett has recently been named the inaugural recipient of the U.S. Army Women’s Foundation’s 6888th Scholarship, The Flash Today reported. Nicole Burkett The $2,500 award is in honor of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion – nicknamed the “Six Triple Eight” – a Women’s Army Corps (WAC) regiment of 855 women, primarily Black but some Hispanic, who deployed during WWII to sort and route millions of pieces of unproc

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has released a notice of proposed rule-making (NPRM) regarding Title IX athletic eligibility and participation of transgender students in school sports. Under the proposed rule – it applies to public K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and other institutions receiving federal funding – policies that categorically ban transgender students from participating on sports teams consistent with their gender identity would be in violation of Title IX.

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