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Breaking Barriers: The Struggle for Inclusion on Community College Campuses

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet, for students with disabilitiesincluding neurodivergent learnersthese institutions still present significant challenges. Some colleges are able to say to faculty and frontline staff, If a student presents with a circumstance where they need additional support, lets go ahead and provide it for them.

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The Faculty Resource Network of New York University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a scholar engaged in legal research, the law library of New York University School of Law, ranked in the top ten of law schools, affords one bountiful offerings of legal research tools such as HeinOnline, Lexis Plus, VitalLaw, Law Journal Library and Proquest that are not available at primarily undergraduate institutions such as my own.

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Backlash as a university says its library will be 'all digital'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Last week, Vermont State University announced plans for an “all-digital” academic library when the new institution, formed from the consolidation of three colleges, officially launches on July 1. “What we heard was that they need and want access to library resources where they are, whether on or off campus.”

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Young Black Men Project, Fitting in for Black Men, Boys Showcased at BMRI’s Symposium

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The convening continued its conversation on the mental health of African American men at the Woodruff Library in the heart of the Atlanta University Center. The presentation also resonated with Morehouse student Justin Box who realized a lot of behavioral similarities in Stevenson’s research about fitting in and belonging.

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Adventures in Ungrading

The Scholarly Teacher

Encourage students to be present in each moment to reflect and consider their mindset, current knowledge, and goals for new perspectives and information. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science , 64 (1), 89-98. It shifts the focus to the commitment of students to engage with the material in the learning environment.

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Why Does Fear Surround DEI Efforts?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In each school my white peers saw themselves reflected in the curriculum, their history was presented every day within the classroom and in the library, administrative offices, and even in the halls of the school. Ijei was invaluable. I have only attended predominantly white schools.

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Creating Safe Spaces for Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of her fondest memories is of getting books from the library with her family and then discussing them in the living room. “I Title: Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology Tenured: No Age: 33 Education: B.A., English and psychology, University of Virginia; M.A., child development, Tufts University; and Ph.D.,

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