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Inclusive research agendas: what’s excluded?

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by Jess Pilgrim-Brown University discourse, policy, and practice has focused increasingly on access, widening participation and inclusion over the course of the last thirty years ( Heath et al , 2013 ).

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Inclusion, Support Are Key Goals of UC Berkeley’s Faculty Link Program

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In addition to the community-building aspect, the program also helps participants develop concrete skills, such as conducting research, mentoring students, applying for grants, and advancing diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) and belonging goals. . Erik Cliburn is a senior staff writer for INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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Representation Matters: Reflections on Academia’s ‘Leaky Pipeline’

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HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. per cent respectively from the 2002/03 academic year to 2019/20. The progressive drop in ethnic diversity as you move up the seniority ladder is a well-documented and persistent problem in academia. Email Address.

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

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” In the current learning environment, students with disabilities encounter significant challenges due to the lack of inclusivity and accessibility in the education system. For instance, in 2019, 6.2% In-person: There are two approaches to accessibility in academia—accommodations and universal design. Learning spaces I.

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

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Consider this: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2019 updated definition of burnout includes three dimensions: “Burnout is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. Likewise, we have witnessed frustration by teachers for the same reasons. Dr. Donna Y.

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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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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

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” In the current learning environment, students with disabilities encounter significant challenges due to the lack of inclusivity and accessibility in the education system. For instance, in 2019, 6.2% In-person: There are two approaches to accessibility in academia—accommodations and universal design. Learning spaces I.