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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They are taking responsibility and raising standards.” The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. Since 2018, the graduation rate for Latine/x students has increased from 24% to 34%.

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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

Research shows that having BIPOC teachers benefits BIPOC students, providing numerous positive protective factors (Burciaga & Kohli, 2018; Easton-Brooks, 2019; Morales et al., Although nationwide efforts are necessary, we must establish local initiatives directly supporting our BIPOC teacher candidates (Kohli, 2018; Valenzuela, 2017).

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Six from MIT awarded 2023 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

CAPD

Soros Fellowship may contact Kim Benard, associate dean of distinguished fellowships in Career Advising and Professional Development. Born and raised in Jamaica, Edwards lived in rural St. The program recognizes the potential of immigrants to make significant contributions to U.S. Students interested in applying to the P.D.

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Preserving Democracy: The Vital Role of Liberal Arts in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 156 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Jeff Scheuer

The Change Leader, Inc.

The core of my argument in this part of the book is that we need STEM, vocational education, free professional development, and everything we can get. Unfortunately, that vision of the beneficial impact of investing in education has been lost, of how it raises all boats. Jeff Scheuer 14:41 That’s true, Drumm.

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Campus art museum leaders feel the heat (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Earlier this month, officials at Lewis-Clark State College, a public institution in Idaho, removed half a dozen artworks from an exhibition due to concerns that display of the works, which related to abortion and reproductive health, violated the state’s No Public Funds for Abortion Act.