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Universal Write Publications Marks 20-Year Milestone

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Universal Write Publications (UWP) was founded in 2004 by Dr. Ayo Sekai and has flourished from a passion project publishing fiction and children’s books into a respected publisher of rigorous, peer-reviewed academic literature.

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Deborah Santiago

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2004, when Deborah Santiago co-founded the Washington, D.C.-based Santiago, who also serves as vice president for policy and research at Excelencia , has worked for more than 15 years to improve educational opportunities and access for all students. based non-profit ¡Excelencia! Excelencia!

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Kudos to Black/Diverse Issues for Four Decades of Truth, Insight, Vision, and Integrity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

1994-2004 – Institutional Adjustment and Affirmative Inaction Affirmative action was expected to result in substantially larger numbers of African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans as students and faculty members in historically white colleges and universities.

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Study: Black Medical Students Experience Higher Rates of Attrition Than Peers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

student at Yale School of Medicine and lead author of the study, said when research and innovation are equitable, physicians are better equipped to care for diverse populations. It's really important to help create innovative and equitable research and translational research to care for our broadly diverse patient population," said Nguyen. "To

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Feedback or Feedforward? It’s All About the Timing

The Scholarly Teacher

2004) found that “targeted teaching behaviors were acquired faster and more efficiently when feedback was immediate” (p. 2004), but that also feel manageable to the time constraints and demands many faculty face? Review of Educational Research, 77 (1), 81–112. deferred feedback). Scheeler et al. The power of feedback.

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Research ethics committees should rethink risk

SRHE

There are good reasons why institutional human research ethics committees (RECs) or research ethics boards (REBs) are needed in higher education institutions – namely, to ensure research participants are treated in accordance with a set of agreed standards and principles. by Jacqueline Stevenson, Tom Power and Alison Fox.

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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Lauded at Dr. John Hope Franklin Reception

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jackson was the first African American woman to lead a top-ranked research university. billion invested, and the campus was transformed by state-of-the-art research platforms. The Dr. John Hope Franklin Award was established in 2004 to recognize the extraordinary career of the pioneering historian, scholar, and social activist.

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