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Beyond Implicit and Explicit Bias: A Transformative Guide for Educational Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In her timely and important book Beyond Implicit and Explicit Bias: Strategies for Healing the Root Causes of Inequity in Education , Dr. ClauDean ChiNaka Kizart offers a comprehensive roadmap for educators committed to creating more equitable learning environments. The books greatest strength lies in its practicality.

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Historical Book about Conservatives and Campus Wars Has Relevance in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The book “complicates our understanding of right-wing backlash as populist, since the narrators within were college students at a time when higher education was inaccessible to most,” writes Shepherd. His money and influence helped to topple the presidency of Harvard’s first Black president, Dr. Claudine Gay.

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One Million Behind Bars Now Have Access to Academic Research Through JSTOR

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The program, which provides incarcerated individuals with access to scholarly materials including academic journals, books, and research papers, crossed this threshold in December 2024. People in prisons use JSTOR the same way as people on the outside," said Stacy Burnett, senior manager for the Access in Prison program.

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Yes, the Enrollment Management Industry Is Harming Higher Ed

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In an opinion essay they wrote for this publication recently, Robert Massa and Bill Conley gently took issue with my book Lifting the Veil on Enrollment Management: How a Powerful Industry Is Limiting Social Mobility in American Higher Education ( Burd writes.

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‘Pulling Back the Veil’ on Enrollment Management

Confessions of a Community College Dean

‘Pulling Back the Veil’ on Enrollment Management Liam Knox Tue, 05/14/2024 - 03:00 AM Stephen Burd’s new book blames much of higher ed’s current woes on the multi-million dollar industry. He spoke with IHE about how admissions became a numbers game and why poor students are worse off for it. Byline(s) Liam Knox

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Instructional Violence Must End: Keeping the Legacy of A. Wade Boykin Alive

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Affect strong feelings and emotions; heightened sensitivity; easily engaged when learning is relevant and affirming and the reverse when it is not.

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Forget the ‘red wall’: the 'graduate without a future' is the voter politicians need to woo | Dan Evans

The Guardian Higher Education

With the exception of Stem, law, finance and management, university is no longer a guaranteed ticket to social mobility and a better life. His latest book is A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petite Bourgeoisie Continue reading. Dan Evans is a sociologist and author.

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