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Former K-12 Teacher Voted AERA President-Elect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

An AERA fellow, she was elected to AERA’s Executive Board and Council from 2018 to 2021, has been liaison to AERA’s Graduate Student Council and International Relations Committee, and co-edited Review of Research in Education, an AERA peer-reviewed journal.

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In fact, this rate for English majors puts it below the unemployment rate for computer and information services majors, 2.8%, though still higher compared to a number of other majors – business, engineering, philosophy, physical science, and history.

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HBCUs: Catalysts for Economic Empowerment and Community Growth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For over 150 years, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have not only been sites of academic excellence but also powerful economic engines in their local and regional communities, leaving a lasting mark on the nation's landscape. Dr. Levon T. billion to their local and regional economies.

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Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Appointed President of California State University, Los Angeles

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A champion of diversity, equity and inclusion, Dr. Eanes is the ideal person to lead Cal State LA and continue to drive its powerful engine of social mobility,” said CSU Trustee Jack B. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Eanes will become the university's first woman president. “A Clarke, Jr., chair of the Cal State LA Presidential Search Committee.

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Effective Learning with Pre-Laboratory Videos: A Practical Teaching Strategy 

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Creating optimal pre-lab videos The applicability of pre-lab videos span across a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) laboratory-based disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and engineering. Engineering Education 4 (2): 70–75. 2022; Ouyang et al.,

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English majors earn similar salary earnings, life quality than other degree holders, report

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The majority of data was pulled from records between 2018 and 2021. for business, engineering and philosophy majors, and 1.9% The Report on English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes draws on quantitative data from multiple U.S. For example, the rate was 2.13% for humanities degree holders, 2.0%

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A Multipronged Approach to Harnessing Virtual Reality to Advance the HBCU Mission

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VR’s unique ability to capture and recreate real-world content and interactions in virtual environments blurs the line between the real and virtual worlds, allowing students to feel fully immersed in experiences (Suh & Prophet, 2018). 2018; Zhao et al., Computers & Industrial Engineering, 135, 711–722. Collins, S.