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Protecting Trans Rights? Disability Inclusion? International Students? Why It’s All the Same Battle

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and dozens of other professional health organizations have condemned these bills as medically unsound and deeply harmful. These laws ban gender-affirming care, criminalize parents and providers, and force trans people to use facilities that dont match their gender.

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CSUF Student Researcher Explores Black Barbie's Effect on Children's Self-Image

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When young Black girls don't see themselves represented positively in their toys and media, it can contribute to internalized racism and poor self-image that carries into adulthood." She hopes her work will contribute to more thoughtful approaches to diversity in children's products and media.

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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The ruling sent medical schools across the nation scrambling to adjust admission standards to abide by the new law of the land. These barriers [to entry] manifest early, prior to even applying to medical school,” says Faiz. Dr. Jessica Faiz. Pacific Islanders and Native Americans combined make up just 0.4% of physicians.

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Here are the 5 academic programs emerging in 2025

University Business

The firm also touched on an emerging “creator economy” of social media influencers in 2023. Since then, the University of Texas at San Antonio has launched a bachelor’s degree in digital media influence. “Social media is ubiquitous and increasingly important part of our everyday lives. .”

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Nearly 50 University of Massachusetts Amherst Students Hospitalized After Trending Drinking Challenge

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nearly 50 students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst were hospitalized this past weekend after engaging in a drinking challenge popular on social media platform TikTok, CBS News reported. All of them were later medically cleared, Amherst town manager Paul Bockelman said.

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VUU Webinar Discusses NSF Funding and STEM Research at HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Lincoln University, HBCU researchers are creating a sustainability curriculum around food studies and social media engagement,” Moore said. “At Whereas, if there's a connection – like data analytics or medical physics – then they get excited and they want to work with us. It's very hard to sell that.

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A Snapshot in Time: The Cancer Cluster at NC State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Their primary source of communication regarding all things Poe Hall is their dedicated webpage, whose FAQ section says they will continue to update the page and the “broader NC State community regularly” through the website, social media, and email. com at the end of June 2024. “In It could save your life.”