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HBCUs: Beacons of Opportunity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Throughout their history, HBCUs have been engines of economic empowerment and transformative in playing an outsized role in society by fostering personal and professional growth, promoting social justice, and empowering individuals to become game changers in the world. Here’s further proof of the impact of HBCUs in the world.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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A Defense of the Senior Diversity Officer in Politically Charged Times

Insight Into Diversity

Our newer faculty ranks are at their most diverse in UC history. Our professional backgrounds are distinct; we represent faculty and senior administrators trained in medicine, science and engineering, the arts, social sciences, humanities, and education.

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Teaching Logic and Sequencing through Narrative

Faculty Focus

One method for teaching students in any discipline how to write prose that flows is to ask them to write stories, and that’s what I’m advocating here. By telling stories, the argument goes, we learn empathy, discover ourselves, and become more humane. A history starts with the historical context necessary to understand the argument.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

John Hope Franklin Award was created in 2004 to pay tribute to Franklin, a historian, writer, educator, and humanitarian who made significant contributions to shaping the perspective of American history in the 20th century. I thought I could make more of a difference at MIT because of its unique role in science and engineering.”

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Teaching Logic and Sequencing through Narrative

Faculty Focus

One method for teaching students in any discipline how to write prose that flows is to ask them to write stories, and that’s what I’m advocating here. By telling stories, the argument goes, we learn empathy, discover ourselves, and become more humane. A history starts with the historical context necessary to understand the argument.

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How Can We Bring Many More Students to Math, Data and Statistical Literacy?

Inside Higher Ed

An altered approach is essential, according to the proposed framework’s advocates, because “ traditional math instruction turned off many students by stressing rote memorization of ‘meaningless formulas’ and procedures; along with being boring, it was disconnected from students’ lives and experiences.