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Morgan State University’s Bold Journey Toward Elite R1 Research Status

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Developed by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education in 1973, the classification system is now housed within the American Council on Education, or ACE, a non-profit association that advocates for higher education policy on behalf of colleges and universities. Howard University, located in Washington, D.C.,

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Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Proponents of eugenics relied on the convictions of educators to classify students for special education via their evaluations and use of intelligence testing , despite test bias. The APA apology to minoritized people for the history of test bias was finally issued in 2021. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Banks chronicled the history of Black AERA leadership in a March 2016 article, titled “Expanding the Epistemological Terrain: Increasing Equity and Diversity Within the American Educational Research Association,” that appeared in the journal Educational Researcher. Scott also holds the Robert J. Dr. Joyce E.

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Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be

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It was academically-focused, naturally, on education, so there was a common intellectual thread, but, given the nature of education as an area of study, this meant that a range of disciplines – philosophy, economics, sociology, psychology, history, and more – were in the mix, producing a stimulating creative setting.

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Rebelling together against the myth of the lone creative genius: how arts-based pedagogies enhanced community learning

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Educators across schools and departments in HEIs are attempting to resist the current educational practice which promotes students as consumers and centres our students as active producers in their own learning. What if we as educators fail at a task and our students see?

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Just what is the state of private education in 2023? By Nick Hillman

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The book brings together 55 different authors – including academics, a vice-chancellor and numerous education policy experts (such as Sam Freedman, Lord Lucas, Jonathan Simons , Ann Mroz and Tom Richmond). 511-531 The post Just what is the state of private education in 2023? By Nick Hillman appeared first on HEPI.

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Weekend Reading: Imperfect information in higher education

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In this weekend long read, he discusses the history of marketisation in higher education and considers whether applicants have enough information to make informed judgements about where and what they study. A 2016 white paper stated an ambition for more competition and informed choice into higher education.