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Teachers Rally Against Musk's Education Control

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The cuts affect wide-ranging research into teaching practices, student achievement, private schools, homeschooling and career education programs. The only major program apparently spared so far is the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as "The Nation's Report Card."

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CUNY Colleges Receive $750,000 for Anti-Bigotry Strategies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Queensborough Community College will host a Holocaust education program using its Kupferberg Holocaust Center. And the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism will offer a workshop series on how media outlets in Jewish, Asian American, and Black communities are responding to the upward national trend in hate crimes.

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Research Finds that Higher Ed is Responsive to Labor Markets

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The research examines whether colleges and universities provide students timely, in-demand skills through their training and education programs. The study indicates that the institutions are being responsive, according to Stange, an associate professor of public policy at Michigan. increase in course-taking and degrees in that field.

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JSTOR's Digital Archives Now Reach Over Half a Million Incarcerated Learners

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“ITHAKA realized that this little, tiny thumb drive may not be enough to support higher education at scale,” Burnett said. “So,

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Lieberman Expected to Lead La Verne to Next Stage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The university also developed programs in data analytics, artificial intelligence, media and film as well as certificate programs. We were very focused on not telling the region what they needed, but listening to the region for what they say they need and then adapting our educational programs to their needs,” she said.

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A Clarion Call for Change: Four Black Scholars Reflect on the Critical Need for More Educators of Color

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As we have indicated countless times in our individual and collective works, higher education programs and professional development must intentionally and proactively focus on anti-racist and culturally responsive strategies and materials. bullying, teasing, name calling) from peers from their own and other racial and ethnic groups. (6)

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Stanford Law DEI Dean on Leave After Disrupted Event

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“I do want to express concern over the hateful and threatening messages [Steinbach] has received as a result of viral online and media attention and reiterate that actionable threats that come to our attention will be investigated and addressed as the law permits. Martinez wrote Wednesday in a statement addressing the controversy.

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