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Calling for Collaboration, Improved Higher Ed Systems for All

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ryan worked closely with SNHU’s accessibility center so that he could access the accommodations he needed during his studies, including an orientation and mobility instructor to help him navigate campus and braille copies of his textbooks and PowerPoint presentations.

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Howard Awarded Nearly $1M for HIV Prevention Among Black Women

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rana is also director of the annual International Conference on Stigma , which — when it convenes in November — will enable the college to train college-age peer educators to use performing arts engagement to raise awareness and promote access. Black women were 54% of new HIV diagnoses in 2021 among women, age 16 and older, in the U.S.,

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Oakton Community College Renamed to Oakton College, Plans to Remain a Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The school also presented a new logo and visual identity focused on diversity, inclusion, and equity (DEI). The school will remain a community college and offer associate degrees, certificates, and adult and continuing education programs, including the State of Illinois High School Diploma and English as a Second Language programs.

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Florida Atlantic, UC Merced Earn Award for Institutional Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Council on Education (ACE) has announced winners of the 2024 ACE/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation. I am thrilled to be able to present this award to two outstanding institutions that have flourished in the face of adversity,” said ACE President Dr. Ted Mitchell. As the first U.S.

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Panel Explores Data Needs for Changing Student Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Maricopa district now offers a spectrum of presentations to executives that includes documents that put data into a digestible narrative form. Panelists summed up the challenges ahead by giving their goals for the next five years.

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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

While not ideal, it meant we did not have to fund transportation and food and had more funds to compensate presenters. For planning purposes, we utilized our personal and professional networks to secure presenters, and our pre-service BIPOC leaders in our student-led Teacher Education Diversity Organization (TEDO) were session facilitators.

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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, Some states use it like full JSTOR.