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Instructional Violence Must End: Keeping the Legacy of A. Wade Boykin Alive

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ford and hearts as they seek to provide Black students with rigorous and relevant instructional styles and strategies. I consider Dr. Boykin the father of multicultural instruction culturally responsive teaching styles and strategies. Boykin the father of multicultural instruction culturally responsive teaching styles and strategies.

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They are Ready! Transforming the Narrative to Engage Black Males in Educational Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We should have the same fervor with Black boys and men - seeing their humanity and celebrating the tremendous value they have added not just in sports, but also in academics and various career fields. Hines is Professor of Counseling in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University. No more dreams deferred!

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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The following are three considerations for educators serving this critical higher education sector to consider: Access As expressed in an article I wrote earlier this year, AI should be used as a tool to enhance human interaction rather than replace it altogether.

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Why Inclusive Education Is So Difficult to Defend and Deliver

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When instruction includes novel, emotionally or intellectually stimulating features, students show greater attention, motivation, and cognitive performance, particularly in STEM and technical subjects (see Guo & Fryer, 2025 ; Hidi & Renninger, 2006 ). It’s a deeply human endeavor: expressive, subjective, unpredictable, and relational.

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Beyond ChatGPT: Why School Counselors Should Use Perplexity for Research-Backed Practice

The Counseling Geek

It still takes human review and critical thinking, but my experience has been that it has been FAR more accurate than other more “creative” AI tools. With a Pro plan – you can also create custom Spaces that you can provide specific base knowledge sources to and set up specific instructions.

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The Persistent 'Bamboo Ceiling': AAPI Leaders Still Rare Among College Presidents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Were seen as workhorses rather than show horses, says Fong, who retired last December as Vice Chancellor for Human Resources for the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District in northern California. Its a matter of not just educating our own community but also reversing the perceptions about us.

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The New McCarthyism is Here. Will Higher Ed Say No?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It instructed the University to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs under whatever name, and to cease any admissions or hiring practices that consider race, gender, or even proxies for race. But we understand, as humans, that fairness has to be considered in context. Parents do this all the time.