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LbSD podcast, episode two: Fostering equity through cognitive science

Deans for Impact

There is this narrative around students with disabilities and narratives around students of color and particular genders about what they can and can’t do,” says Amber Willis, DFI program director. Understanding cognitive science has helped her start to think about special education in new ways. Hammond offers. “And Contact us.

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Sara Goldrick-Rab resigns from Temple, Hope Center

Inside Higher Ed

Temple put Goldrick-Rab on paid administrative leave earlier this year after it hired an outside investigator to look into employee complaints about the center. I’m also excited about several new partnerships that will broaden and deepen the movement—and I’m open to additional ones.”

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Purdue and Indiana University split joint venture at IUPUI

Inside Higher Ed

Philip Goff, professor of American studies and president of the IUPUI Faculty Council, said that while “there has been talk of changing the structure here for decades,” he first learned about the new memorandum of understanding between Purdue and Indiana about two weeks ago in a meeting with Whitten.

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Simplicity and Trust

Inside Higher Ed

I’ve read a few thoughtful pieces recently about why “Gen Z’ adults are frustrated with current policies, and don’t trust existing institutions to look out for their interests. As a result, too little help is given, and people develop a certain cynicism about the programs. And therein lies the issue.

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COVID-19 Vaccines and Male Fertility: Academic Minute

Inside Higher Ed

Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Today on the Academic Minute , part of University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Week: Ranjith Ramasamy, associate professor and director of reproductive urology, examines whether COVID-19 vaccines harm male fertility. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?:

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Title IX policies must be more student-friendly (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

on any college campus about six weeks into the fall semester. But they were largely unable to comprehend various critical terms and concepts in the policy—including the definition of sexual assault and the university’s standard of proof in disciplinary hearings about sexual assault. Imagine it is 1 a.m.

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What Every College Graduate Should Know About Slavery

Inside Higher Ed

Here are 23 essential facts about slavery and its aftermath that I believe every college graduate should be familiar with. Yet as a classroom teacher, I find nothing more frustrating than the fact that many of my students lack basic factual knowledge or what others call cultural literacy.

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