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Report: Faculty of Color in Psychology Face Structural Hurdles in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Martin APA Task Force Report on Promotion, Tenure and Retention of Faculty of Color in Psychology details the many obstacles that psychological science faculty from underrepresented groups face, including being tasked with additional responsibilities, hostile work environments, and biased evaluations. population – according to 2020 U.S.

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Open Access: It’s Not Just a Nice Thing to Do

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For those who aren’t aware, OA is the free, immediate, online availability of research outputs coupled with the rights to use these materials with little or no restrictions in a digital environment. It takes down the ivory towers of academia, bringing publicly funded research back to the public. motto in academia.

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Our Advice for Making College Campuses Ready for Diverse Student Populations

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Colleges typically use a variety of assessments such as standardized tests, essays, and GPA to determine a student's readiness for life in academia. One of the most common mistakes that institutions make in their efforts to retain students is an overemphasis on tuition scholarships. This is how we can start keeping our students.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

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Narrow, self-serving yardsticks for assessing impact of scholarship, teaching, and service. If a faculty member is assigned more teaching and/or more service, and has less time available for scholarship, they should be evaluated accordingly. The criteria should be read aloud, prior to evaluating that dimension.

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Disparities of African American Men and Obtaining a College Education

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As we delve into these disparities, it becomes clear that targeted interventions and policy changes are essential to bridge this gap and foster a more inclusive educational environment. Financial aid and scholarships are available, but often not sufficient to bridge the gap, and the burden of student loans can be a daunting deterrent.

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An Invisible Population: Black Undocumented Students

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Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. Undocumented students must navigate ever-changing state policies while searching for scholarships that include them, scrolling through university and collegiate websites for campus environments that acknowledge their unique experience.

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Clusterluck: A Spark of Black Joy in the Academy

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It’s a perfect rejoinder to the grim tone of just seconds earlier and an eloquent statement of the film’s purpose: to offer an alternative to the negativity that can pervade discussion of the Black experience in academia and to reflect the beauty that can grow when faculty of color are supported and support each other. It’s spectacular.”