Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This surge in access aligns with AB 705’s core objective: to remove gatekeeping mechanisms like placement tests that had historically placed California students in remedial courses, delaying their academic progress. Many other states have adopted or are implementing similar reforms and are observing comparable outcomes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

His dedication to the work would eventually increase student placement rate for Xavier by 50%, building a pipeline to both Ivy League institutions and regional or local graduate schools. now retired, is a fellow Xavier alum who spent 21 years working at Xavier in the office of Graduate Placement. Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The topline takeaway was the decline in the enrollment of Black students at Harvard , though other publication focused on the drop in Black and Hispanic students across the T14 or elite law schools , and a brief mention was made of declines at University of North Carolina Law School, another defendant in the Supreme Court case.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Additionally, we employ assessment metrics widely used in universities, such as student evaluations and direct feedback in the classroom, as well as indirect metrics, such as internship evaluations, job placement statistics, employers feedback and conversations with alumni and industry partners to assess if the education were providing lives up to (..)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

That can be problematic, to the extent that both of those placements are kind of associated with longer-term student trajectories.” And so, to not find that for the gifted placement was super interesting to me." In the beginning when we started this work, I had that hypothesis.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 22, 2023

We need to make space for innovation and for different types of learning – not just inside of classrooms but also through internships, experiential engagements, and job placements with businesses, organizations and community groups with whom we have deep relationships,” Kinloch said. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2023

The College Board will not be altering its Advanced Placement (AP) classes to accommodate new demands from Florida, The Hill reported. Ron DeSantis The educational testing company announced this decision in a letter last Thursday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2025

Students lost critical internships, field placements, and expected stipends or tuition coverage. Universities have reduced graduate student admissions in funded PhD programs, while federal traineeships and scholarships were paused or downsized. International students, who contributed $44 billion to the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Al Sharpton DeSantis’ latest efforts to halt Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies in Florida public schools continues to face nationwide backlash. “He might call this a crusade, but everyone can clearly see this is a campaign tactic for him to run for president. Intersectionality is a uniting framework.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

The Legal Education Data Deck draws on datasets from multiple sources, including the Law School Admission Council, National Conference of Bar Examiners, National Association for Law Placement, American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, U.S. Department of Education, and U.S. Department of Labor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

College Board will release an updated version of its African American studies Advanced Placement course Feb. 1, The Hill reported. This comes amid Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration blocking initial pilot program plans in Florida high schools. Ron DeSantis College Board did not attribute the revisions to Florida’s rejection.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2023

But nothing in his contract indicates that he would be just an interim placement, the court found. The board is expected to respond to the court order Monday evening at a special board meeting. In late December, the board hired Greg South as interim president. His contract runs at least until Jun.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

Comprehensive student support services will also be available, such as career advising, preparation for job interviews, job placement, childcare, and financial literacy training. The collective will include specialized shops, labs, and classrooms for hands-on instruction and training.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

These two educational fields rely extensively on tests, often exclusively, to make educational and placement decisions that negatively affect Black student school engagement and performance, which contributes to underachievement – performing lower than they are capable of performing, as shared in our opening statements.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

Participants will also receive tuition assistance, mentorship, tutorial services, technology resources, networking opportunities, and job placement assistance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Offering advanced placement courses, dual enrollment programs, and experiential learning opportunities can all contribute to speeding up students' educational journey. Marcus Bright To remove roadblocks, we can create pathways that allow students to progress at a quicker pace.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Destination Graduation” concludes by noting, “the compounding reality of disproportional placement of African American and other youth of color into the child welfare system also perpetuates long-established racial injustice and inequity patterns.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Denmark Tech’s overall job placement rate upon graduation or training completion is 93%. While Todd said he hopes to see women take advantage of this program, he has seen great success in bringing Black women into their Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) program. So far, each CDL graduate has received a job offer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2023

At Bottom Line, we partner with degree-aspiring Black and brown students from under-resourced communities starting in high school to provide them with direct advice, counsel and support, through the college selection and financial aid process, course choices and career path trajectory, and the job search, prep and placement process.

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Community College Review

DECEMBER 21, 2024

We take an in-depth look at recent studies that show placement examinations may not be the best way to place incoming community college students into the proper courses. What could be the alternative?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

When cultural ways of being and cultural differences are framed as assets rather than problems, unnecessary special education referrals, labeling, and placements will decrease. intellectual disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, learning disabilities, ADHD, developmental delays). c. Disciplinary overrepresentation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

GATE, Advanced Placement). They are not only inequitably overrepresented in special education, but they have no representation in rigorous coursework or gifted and talented programs (i.e.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Additionally, Ladson-Billings noted that 75% of Black students who are considered eligible for advanced placement (AP) courses never take one, in part because so many of these students are enrolled in schools where these accelerated courses are not even offered. But that's the reality."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In my mind, I want everyone to attend an HBCU if they can, but we also know that’s not the right placement for every student depending on where they’re from, and so basically, it’s our alternative to that,” he said, adding that he wants to replicate the HBCU experience for the students who enroll in the Honors College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

Almost 200 NU students have completed a work-based learning placement with an employer through Riipen-integrated NU courses, Savory said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

These results suggest that teachers’ deficit-based evaluations and early biased assessments, during kindergarten, are determining a de facto segregated placement for Black and Latinx students. public schooling. culturally relevant and sustaining teaching) and high-quality instruction (i.e.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

MSC CEO Travis Allen said that part of what makes his program so unique is that instructors are actually “seasoned veteran medical device sales representatives,” who not only teach the students but also help them connect with jobs after completion, a key part of MSC’s 84% placement rate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2023

Testing performance, access to Advanced Placement tests, likelihood of school suspension and other categorical inequities are marked along racial lines. But here on the ground, college admissions officers and applicants are left to grapple with persistent structural inequities that plague education in the United States.

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Community College Review

OCTOBER 19, 2021

We take an in-depth look at recent studies that show placement examinations may not be the best way to place incoming community college students into the proper courses. What could be the alternative?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2024

Parents and caretakers are always concerned about educational costs, degree competition and job placement, and if a safe and healthy campus environment is provided for their students,” said Dr. Davida L. The children of these parents had engaged in one or more college search behaviors involving four-year institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

There will also be funding to cover books and other materials, as well as travel to and from student teaching placements. Around a quarter of the money will go directly to help students, including tuition reimbursement for the initial two courses and scholarships later on.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2023

The students – 23 received a certificate of completion or associate's degree – took classes through SLCC's Prison Education Program – which was founded in 2017 and offers job placement after their sentences end. "We

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Thrive Alliance Group

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Is your school district spending a fortune on out-of-district placement? In discussions with the child study team, the family, and the student, always talk about an out-of-district placement as a temporary solution to address the current need. It’s not a permanent step but a tool to get the student back on track. You’ve got this!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The College Board has released a revised framework of its African American studies Advanced Placement (AP) course, a course that has received plenty of criticism from both advocates and critics this year. Dr. Terrell Strayhorn With this Dec.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Within this work, it is crucial to maintain metrics on faculty mentorship, internships, alumni engagement and post-graduation placement rates. “We The report also notes requiring ongoing career advisement and formalizing the mentorship experience. We need metrics to ensure that the onus of social capital isn’t on students,” Collins said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2023

In Florida — ground zero for many of these efforts — the legislature is now considering a bill that would prohibit public universities from offering certain majors and courses as well as spending money on diversity and equity initiatives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

Rivera noted that a previous placement exam once used in the MCCCD placed many students in developmental courses and was biased against first-generation students in particular. “I think sometimes that’s a struggle when we’re working with employees or even community members that have come from a different background,” said Rivera.

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