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

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

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

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

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

AUGUST 8, 2023

Further, what do educators think about the extensive overrepresentation of Black students in special education and discipline (expulsion and suspension), along with their underrepresentation in gifted and talented education, Advanced Placement, and other service and programs for advanced students? How do they explain the achievement gap?

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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

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 6, 2024

“The reality is, most people know very little to nothing about foster care, and the little they do is curated by the media and stereotypical images that paint foster care youth as deviant, incorrigible, and the reason for their placement in the foster care system,” said Johnson. There’s a lot of learning and unlearning the public needs to do.”

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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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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

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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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

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

APRIL 29, 2024

It will take partnerships like Xavier and Ochsner’s, and educational commitment at all levels to improve STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] education and providing advanced placement courses. These changes can help minoritized youth discover and fall in love with medical sciences, said Robinson.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Another area where policy is being highly contested is education, particularly in Florida, where Governor Ron DeSantis has cracked down on Critical Race Theory, DEI positions at universities, and the College Board’s proposed curriculum for an Advanced Placement African American Studies class.

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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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Student Minds

MAY 20, 2023

After spending my academic year on a placement abroad in Germany, I will be leaving the lifestyle and routine I’ve settled into, and the new home that I’ve made for myself. ⭐ Emily T (Student): As a History and Modern Languages student, my third year will be spent on a placement abroad.

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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

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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NACAC's Admitted

APRIL 16, 2023

Academic roadblocks: What trends are the staff in your college’s placement testing office and registrar’s office seeing? How are students right out of high school doing on the placement tests? Is the testing office seeing adult students who want to enroll in a degree program fail the placement exam for English?

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Thrive Alliance Group

JULY 3, 2024

Take back excessive spending on out-of-district placements It’s a simple formula: How much are you spending on out-of-district tuition and transportation for students with mental health issues? That can include students with behavioral and emotional problems who need individual and small-setting support.

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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

MARCH 1, 2024

Only time will tell how that impact will trickle down to medical student residency placements. The criminalization of abortion has already had an impact on reproductive endocrinologists, said Huberfeld. Liann Herder can be reached at lherder@diverseeducation.com.

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Student Minds

JANUARY 26, 2023

I am currently on my placement year working in a school. Whether you are looking for support for your own mental health at university or supporting a friend, help is available. I am Muskaan, a Psychology Undergraduate from Queen Mary University of London.

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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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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

Given the extensive barriers individuals with criminal convictions face accessing employment, these policy interventions increase the likelihood of positive workforce placement upon completion of a degree. Simply put, institutions should develop programs for incarcerated students that are broadly applicable and assist in job placement.

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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

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Our fifth move is decolonizing experiential learning or field placement. Our experiential learning or field placement assessments should also be decolonized (see above for examples) to avoid drive-by teaching. Relatedly is the need for faculty to focus on labor acknowledgement which recognizes slavery and enslaved people.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2024

bolster school counseling for rural schools, as well as increase holistic support for impoverished students, including having more access to public health and job placement services. The report’s authors suggested that the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2023

The program will cover job training, job placement, and retention services, but not student stipends. In the meanwhile, the partnership between Alamo and CHCP will continue, funded over the next four years by Ready to Work, a San Antonio program that uses a 1/8 cent sales tax to pay for workforce development.

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NACAC's Admitted

APRIL 16, 2023

Academic roadblocks: What trends are the staff in your college’s placement testing office and registrar’s office seeing? How are students right out of high school doing on the placement tests? Is the testing office seeing adult students who want to enroll in a degree program fail the placement exam for English?

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College Planners of America

JUNE 5, 2024

Earning high grades on Advanced Placement (AP) exams can foster both results. That’s the case with Advanced Placement courses, one of the great frauds perpetrated on American high-school students. ” This is why the AP program is viewed as a boon to high school students aspiring to attend a top college. However, many do not.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The College Board has not attributed the revisions to DeSantis's criticisms and Florida's rejection.

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Tutor Zone

APRIL 13, 2023

From Art History to Statistics, College Board, an organization focused on promoting college readiness, has created many advanced placement classes to give students the opportunity to acquire college credit while furthering their education.

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