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Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Toldson Although the College Board has significantly expanded its AP courses over the past two decades, they have not effectively addressed longstanding racial equity issues. Regardless, it is evident any attempt to promote diversity within higher education must confront this long-standing history and its associated debates.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions HEED Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

ATSU is also creating a Grow Your Own faculty development program that offers a low-to-no-cost education designed to support students interested in academic medicine. The MCW Kern Institute held the Summit on Advancing Equity in the Learning Environment. The program is expected to launch in spring 2023.

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Hard Truths That Higher Education Has Evaded for Too Long

Inside Higher Ed

We need to reframe the conversation about equity in ways that prioritize learning and equity in learning outcomes. In my view, we need to devote more attention to student learning, equity in access to and completion in especially challenging majors and postgraduation outcomes. Is this diversity newsletter?

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Beck, administrators, faculty, staff, and student leadership have used data and intentional practices to re-center campus culture around an equity-minded student success agenda and solidify strategic direction in closing equity gaps. Partnering with high schools that serve predominantly Latino students reinforces accessibility.

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Cal State objects to proposed four-year programs at two-year colleges

Inside Higher Ed

“For us, the emphasis is really on equity and equitable access to career pathways,” said Julius Sokenu, president of Moorpark College. “We’re sitting at the epicenter of the largest destructive fires in United States history, and they’re all around our county and centered around where we live,” he said.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

The other $100 million will be used to establish the Center for the Inclusive Digital Transformation of Africa, a hub for a network of at African universities across the continent that will receive funding for faculty development, cutting-edge technology and engineering programs, and other initiatives.