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Roanoke College to Launch Cannabis Studies Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Awaiting them in the program are two tracks: one on the science of cannabis and the other on the social justice and policy around cannabis. Historically, in the realm of scientific literature and research, government funding around the substance was mostly given to look at the plant’s potential negative consequences, she said.

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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Find ways to take pleasure in your work now, because this is such a rewarding job.” For as long as she can remember, Dr. Lori Kido Lopez has been passionate about media and Asian American social justice. And that’s in part because she sees herself as an activist — someone looking to challenge society’s prevailing injustices. “I

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She rebranded Cal’s annual tournament to reflect a focus on social justice and equity. We also highlight things they’re doing in their own communities and on their campuses to promote social justice.” We still have an industry in which the people making the hires are predominantly white males,” she says.

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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“In states like Tennessee where it’s performance-based funding, even if a community college does really well in comparison to its previous year, there are still benchmarks to some extent across the state with other community colleges that can have an adverse impact on funding,” said Smith, whose research currently focuses on community colleges.

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Investigating the experiences of the many stakeholders of degree apprenticeships

SRHE

DAs are offered across 17 industry sectors by employers ranging from SMEs to large national and international employers and are widely used in the public sector including in policing and the NHS. Employers and returns Andrea Laczik and Kat Emms presented findings from Edge’s forthcoming research report on ‘Degree Apprenticeships in England’.

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What’s love got to do with neurodiversity and HE art and design?

SRHE

Tim’s Neurodiversity in the Arts Symposium , which took two years of advocacy and planning, and draws on several more of research across neurodiversity and art education, took place at the University of the Arts Helsinki , modelling best practices for inclusivity, not just for neurodivergent folx. Universities, watch and learn. By 2050, 1.94

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Bridging the gap: Reflections from teaching translational data and AI ethics

Teaching Matters Online Learning

The many meanings of ‘translation’ Translational ethics is a concept first originating in medical ethics, where ‘translation’ typically refers to the work required to bridge the gap between laboratory research and real-world clinical practice. What values are typically promoted or reinforced within this industry?