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Breaking Barriers: The Struggle for Inclusion on Community College Campuses

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Pushing for inclusive design Community college practitioners and higher education experts agree that inclusive design is essential for ensuring equitable access to education. The institution hosts an Inclusion by Design Summit and features workshops and a regular newsletter. Its not innate for everyone, says Trent.

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Why Inclusive Education Is So Difficult to Defend and Deliver

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JT Torres We have all heard stories of flawed approaches to inclusive teaching. The incident spread rapidly, picked up by conservative media outlets as another example of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) gone wrong in the classroom. Even when we try to do everything right, teaching is hard. Inclusive teaching?

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

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With the demise of affirmative action, threats to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI), and policies in higher education there might not be an immediate increase in the number of Black men seeking to enroll in higher education. of students enrolled in colleges and universities.

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Federal Court Blocks Education Department's Diversity Directive, Marking Victory for Academic Freedom Advocates

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A federal judge in New Hampshire delivered a significant legal victory Thursday for proponents of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in education by granting a preliminary injunction against the U.S. The Department of Education has not issued a public response to the court's decision.

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An Advocate for Equitable Health - Dr. Sabina Khan

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Chan School of Public Health Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Always strive to see the bigger picturehow your teaching, research, and advocacy can ripple outward to impact lives. She says that she aims to help students recognize how power, equity, and inclusion shape healthcare outcomes.

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From Challenge to Triumph: Empowering Marginalized Students to Become Scholars

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During my first year of teaching, I focused on providing academic support. You must set aside your personal experiences and biases and recognize the unique challenges today’s underrepresented students face, whether academic or otherwise, particularly on topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

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

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I consider Dr. Boykin the father of multicultural instruction culturally responsive teaching styles and strategies. I define instructional violence as intentional and unintentional teaching/pedagogical styles and strategies that negatively affect the academic, psychological, emotional, and behavioral needs of students.