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Experts Gathered to Discuss Challenges Facing Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Paul Getty Trust, which funds research and visual art preservation, and Dr. Josef Sorett, dean of Columbia College at Columbia University and vice president for undergraduate education. The humanities do great things for the way people think, and their ability to empathize and imagine worlds they are not a part of,” said Fleming.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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Let’s embark on an imaginative journey to the year 2100, where the boundaries of humanity extend to Mars. Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

Faculty Focus

Let’s embark on an imaginative journey to the year 2100, where the boundaries of humanity extend to Mars. Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

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Dismantling Global Injustices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. Mark enrolled at the New School, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2012. When he returned to the U.S., He later earned a master’s and Ph.D. The students keep me hopeful.

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Dismantling Global Injustices - Dr. Brendan Skip Mark

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. Mark enrolled at the New School, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2012. When he returned to the U.S., He later earned a master’s and Ph.D. The students keep me hopeful.

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Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While the early cultural competence research occurred in health and human services, effective policing also necessitates relating to people, earning trust, and being culturally competent. Police officer cultural competence Cultural competence education and training is relatively new to policing. Dr. Neil D.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

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Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). Ong-Dean, C. Journal of Medical Humanities , 26 (2/3), 141–158. This kind of approach to education is challenging for autistic students. C., & Rodgers, J. Hattersley, C., Buckley, C.,

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