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A Tribute to Dr. James A. Banks — The Father of Multicultural Education: In These Troubling Anti-EDI Times

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ford In these anti-EDI times, I think it is essential to re-familiarize ourselves and to inform others about the goals of multicultural education. Far too many opposers are misguided and ill-informed. This includes modifying teaching styles and strategies to accommodate the cultural styles of students. Dr. Donna Y.

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Admissions After the Supreme Court Ruling: Understanding Inequality in Extracurricular Activities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In a unique move, Lafayette College announced that they would only consider up to six extracurricular activities , versus the maximum of ten that the Common Application allows students to list. Our study echoes many of the themes informing Lafayette’s decision to look at fewer extracurricular activities.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. There is also a family resource center that supports undocumented students.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“When you create an atmosphere and an environment where students feel supported, they see people like themselves working in those environments. “We We hire a lot of students to be peer mentors, peer counselors, peer learning facilitators, which are basically tutors,” he continues.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing a data-driven approach, ATD provides coaching that facilitates institutional transformation so that these colleges can have maximum impact on the lives of their students and on the communities within which they are located. She is able to bring people together and have them solve a key problem together, says Eddinger.

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NACAC’s Facilitative Role in the Ongoing Discussion of Test-Optional Admission

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NACAC will serve as a facilitator for the exchange of information by the project’s partners, as well as discussion of project findings among college admission counseling professionals. Project deliverables are just beginning to come to fruition, so stay tuned for forthcoming news and resources related to the project’s findings.

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NACAC’s Facilitative Role in the Ongoing Discussion of Test-Optional Admission

NACAC's Admitted

NACAC will serve as a facilitator for the exchange of information by the project’s partners, as well as discussion of project findings among college admission counseling professionals. Project deliverables are just beginning to come to fruition, so stay tuned for forthcoming news and resources related to the project’s findings.