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Dr. Blanca Elizabeth Vega, Montclair State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

from the prestigious Higher and Postsecondary Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Vega's research is rooted in a deep commitment to equity, access, and success for underserved populations in higher education. Vega earned her Ed.D.

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Black Students Less Likely Identified for Special Ed When They Have Black Teachers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While gifted programs are meant to recognize exceptional academic ability, special education programs aim to address potential academic shortcomings that a student may have due to disabilities. But the latter, though meant to be helpful, can come with distinct drawbacks, the report noted. “On Most teachers are not Black.”

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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

As our university supplies teachers to the city’s majority-minority schools through our teacher preparation program (TPP), we must recruit and retain BIPOC teacher candidates. Although nationwide efforts are necessary, we must establish local initiatives directly supporting our BIPOC teacher candidates (Kohli, 2018; Valenzuela, 2017).

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

The pandemic occurs, steepening downward trending enrollment and shortening administrators window to adjust operational strategy. The institution attempts to mitigate its growing budget deficit through a combination of solutions: selling assets, requesting loans, cutting staff and/or academic programs.

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How University of Arizona Global Campus’ Online Recruitment Ads Drain Its Finances (Jeremy Bauer-Wolf)

Higher Education Inquirer

Feeling pressured to better compete in the online education market especially as Arizona State University broadened its virtual options University of Arizona leaders recast Ashford as the University of Arizona Global Campus, or UAGC. Students were distressed.

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Ethics and Title IX

Higher Ed Connects: Ethics

While there are multiple entry points into a discussion of how educational institutions respond when gendered harassment or violence is reported, this article will look at one in particular: the way in which compassion and compliance can be at odds as administrators manage the aftermath of reported harm. .

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Improving Higher Education Governance: The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 3

The Change Leader, Inc.

However, this difficult time may prove to offer an important silver lining as a new model of higher education is forged. We believe that this transformation requires informed and enlightened leadership by institutional trustees as well as administrators. To that effect, AGB launched its Guardians Initiative and campaign in 2017.