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Initiative Promotes Financial Literacy by Investing in HBCU Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Creating awareness Financial literacy among college-going students has been a concern among many experts. To counter this trend, Spelman officials say it was important to join with other organizations to promote financial literacy. The tour will focus on education and investment access through Rapunzl's stock simulator app.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones Howard University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hannah-Jones spent her career investigating racial inequality and injustice, including as a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Her reporting earned her the MacArthur Fellowship, a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards, and three National Magazine Awards. She co-founded the Ida B.

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Nursing Educator Brings Talents and Skills Back to Thriving HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I hope to use my time here to increase that literacy among all communities,” she continues. “I "Serving as the director for a nursing program that's the largest HBCU in the U.S. I really hope that the legacy that we leave is that NC A&T will impact the future of healthcare in a major way."

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AI: A Brilliant but Biased Tool for Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As long as there are biased humans, AI will also turn out data that’s biased, which is why AI literacy needs to be a natural part of higher education,” says Calhoun. “If Calhoun, assistant vice president and dean of the Center for Academic Success at Seton Hall University, agrees. “As Provost Dr. Janice L.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university. The data fellows program examines areas of success and areas that need improvement, advocates for understanding how Latino students experience CSULB, and examines the impact of programming.

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What Are the Big Higher Education Stories for 2024?

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“Often, we separate politics from education, but the way legislatures are controlling higher ed, the way some state legislatures are restricting the most basic of rights for low-income students, minority families, how we vote and who we vote into power is going to be as important as literacy,” says Flores. “We