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Culturally-Sustaining K-12 Education: Who’s Teaching the Teachers?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is is a lot of discussion about what K-12 teachers do and don’t (mostly don’t) receive in terms of training in culturally relevant pedagogy, and it is often traced back to teacher education programs. Specifically, 44% of teachers in K-12 education reported that they very often or always feel burned out at work.

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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Malaklou, also chair and associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Berea College in Kentucky, got to know hooks when she came to Berea in 2019. Malaklou hosts events like "Evening with an Activist" at the bell hooks center, where students can learn tangible ways to make a difference outside of academia.

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Three Principles for Navigating This Time of Transformational Change in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is a call to embrace three basic principles to guide our path through this time of transformative change: · Recognize higher education as a public good. · Depoliticize our colleges and universities. · Focus on outcomes that lead to jobs and support economic growth and prosperity.

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The importance of academic mental health

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It is also well evidenced that poor mental health of students is strongly related to poor academic outcomes such as achievement and retention ( Pascoe et al , 2019 ; Thomas et al , 2021 ). Academia has changed substantially even within the 23 years I have been working. But what do we know about academic mental health?

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

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Reading Time: 9 minutes Black History includes success stories of numerous Blacks who have contributed to the progress made in higher education. Throughout history, Black Americans have endured a long, tedious journey in achieving educational opportunities. Mary Frances Berry focuses on U.S. These were just a few.

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A Commitment to Help Others

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Elizabeth Armstrong-Mensah She said her work has covered public health matters such as global health, HIV/AIDS, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, and girls’ education. Public health is very crucial today as it was several years ago,” Armstrong-Mensah said. These are things we’ve experienced throughout our life.

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HBCU’s Augment HyFlex Format Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

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When all academic communities changed to virtual (synchronous) education, it was a shift to an alternative educational format from traditional face-to-face to virtual. This shift allowed the academic community and students to better understand virtual education. Integrating UDL within a HyFlex model. Representation.