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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

gifted and talented); conversely, they are significantly overrepresented in special education, and in-school discipline and suspension rates (Ford & Moore, 2013; Hines et al., These concerns are not new; Tinto’s (1993) and Tracey and Sedlacek’s (1984) groundbreaking studies and theoretical scholarship remain relevant today.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

Faculty Focus

My lived experience with a disability and my professional positionality in disability scholarship and education systems is driving my efforts. 10) and to accept autism as a positive aspect of one’s identity (Berger, 2013). American Psychiatric Association (2013). How did we get here? References. Ainslow, M. About Autism.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

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My lived experience with a disability and my professional positionality in disability scholarship and education systems is driving my efforts. 10) and to accept autism as a positive aspect of one’s identity (Berger, 2013). American Psychiatric Association (2013). How did we get here? References. Ainslow, M. About Autism.

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A sectorwide approach to higher ed's future (opinion)

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Thriving students and impactful scholarship go hand in hand. Department of Health and Human Services from 2014 to 2017 and as director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2013 to 2014. There are three elements to this approach. Put the student and the research at the center. government, serving as secretary of the U.S.

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

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Drawing on over two decades in academia, Michele Poulos specializes in general psychology, social psychology, and human growth and development. In 2010, she earned a master’s of education degree in psychology and human relations from Northern Arizona University. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship.

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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, SACNAS remains rooted in a belief that science cannot be properly taught, researched, or applied to human beings’ daily existence unless scientists bring some essential parts of their background and worldview to that sphere. “They were interweaving cultural identity with the journeys people were on.”

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

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Drawing on over two decades in academia, Michele Poulos specializes in general psychology, social psychology, and human growth and development. In 2010, she earned a master’s of education degree in psychology and human relations from Northern Arizona University. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship.