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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

All the while, Curry has kept his focus on expanding equity for his students, with his sights specifically on food and housing insecurity, an issue that impacts many of his students. He’s a real-life Equity Avenger, grinding 24/7 against injustice and setting an example for us all,” she says. Gilkerson agrees.

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Family leave is a gender equity issue

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Clare Matysova's research highlights how much better higher education employers could be doing on family leave The post Family leave is a gender equity issue appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Why and How of Equity-Minded Mentoring

Inside Higher Ed

The Why and How of Equity-Minded Mentoring Sarah Bray Fri, 03/08/2024 - 03:00 AM A process that honors mentors’ and mentees’ social identities can change the culture of exclusionary academic fields, Kristyn Lue and Annie M. Wofford say. Byline(s) Kristyn Lue Annie M.

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Leading for Equity and Justice

Inside Higher Ed

Leading for Equity and Justice Sarah Bray Thu, 01/18/2024 - 03:00 AM Julia Chinyere Oparah offers strategies to help women of color transform higher ed as senior administrators without sacrificing their careers and health. Byline(s) Julia Chinyere Oparah

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Decoding Generative AI and Equity in Higher Education

WCET Frontiers

The thread of access and equity runs through everything we’ve offered and created related to AI. Few of these discussions look at generative AI, particularly from an equity perspective, and when we do consider AI and equity together we may see a different set of opportunities and challenges.

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Women's Educational Equity Takes On Technology

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“While American women have advanced in the last 175 years, we haven’t come close to achieving equity,” said Laura Rebell-Gross, senior managing director of Girls’ Education with the Student Leadership Network, a nonprofit organization working for educational equity.

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Diversity, Equity and Student Success Conference Plots Agenda for the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions.

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