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AAMU’s STEM boon carves career paths for HBCU students

University Business

Alabama A&M University and HBCUs at large are some of the most underfunded state universities in the nation, fighting year after year for supplemental grants, scholarships and business partnerships to keep their students competitive in the workforce. Students pursuing this will receive scholarships and assistance with job placement.

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Working-Class and working in higher education: possibilities and pedagogies

SRHE

It is now accepted that the ‘leaky pipeline’ of academia, whereby ‘non-traditional’ ( eg working-class, BAME) participants remain absent from professorial and higher managerial positions within UKHE is adversely affecting the diversity of scholarship and leadership. Nevertheless, the questioning of one’s place (am I right to be here?);

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Disparities of African American Men and Obtaining a College Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. The absence of African American male role models and mentors in the spaces of higher education and professional settings who can provide guidance and inspiration further exacerbates this issue.

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Toward a more inclusive peer-review process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Scholarship is constantly pushing in new directions, and we knew how many people, perspectives and kinds of expertise were being left out of these important conversations about building better books. Offers more guidance on reviewing different modalities of scholarship. Encourages creativity in peer review.

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The Promise and Challenges of AI in Higher Ed

WCET Frontiers

Faculty at dozens of other institutions have been granted access to the course through course licenses and scholarships. Many students struggled with prompt engineering and needed clear guidance on how to use it effectively, preferring to use AI-powered writing assistants like Wordtune instead of ChatGPT.

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“Narrow” awareness of partnership risks

The PIE News

Giving evidence during the meeting on UK university engagement with autocracies, which focused heavily on China, Universities UK CEO Vivienne Stern insisted that member universities were following the organisation’s guidance on partnerships with institutions in autocratic countries.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is not just a matter of visibility or the fairness of representation…but it’s also about the diversity of experiences that people bring both into academia and into the professional world,” says project director Dr. Volker Janssen. There is also career guidance and engagement with mentors as well as career panels and networking events.

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