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An Advocate for Equitable Health - Dr. Sabina Khan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Khans mission is to empower these women by building life skills, supporting their education, and creating opportunities for better futures for them and their children. Khans research combines quantitative and qualitative methods to optimize care for vulnerable populations.

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Investment in HBCUs Key to Addressing Nation’s Workforce Challenges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From the early days of agriculture and skilled trades to the modern advancements in engineering and technology, Black labor has been instrumental in building and sustaining the nation. Rosa Parks, and Stokely Carmichael, emerged from HBCUs, using their education and experiences to challenge injustice and advocate for equality.

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Education unbundled: empowering global instruction through course-based accreditation

The PIE News

This innovation would democratise access to quality education and empower instructors globally. There is precedent: industries like media and technology have already embraced direct-to-consumer models that cut out traditional intermediaries. Education can do the same.

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Beyond the Campus Food Pantry

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Imagine if the collective energies in the ubiquitous Thanksgiving food drives shifted in that direction, as students, staff, faculty, and administrators focused on revising campus policies and/or advocating for improved public programs? Hopeful signs for a future beyond campus food pantries abound.

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Critical Studies of Education and Technology: 6 Types of Hope (Part 3) #CSET2025

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In the third presentation by Dave White at CSET he explored the concept of hope in the context of education and technology. It was probably much needed after we had explored many of the more depressing aspects of technology following Lawrie and Wesleys talks. Dave began his talk by distinguishing between hope and optimism.

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Transforming Education in the Age of AI: Challenges and Opportunities

HEPI

I echo the sentiments of computer scientist Professor Argamon, who views AI as a technology that can make education more human-centred rather than replacing teachers. To excel as a teacher today, one must possess not only subject expertise but also advanced pedagogical skills and the ability to stay current with emerging trends.

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Should universities focus more on student and social purpose?

The PIE News

This is important, but technological advance, including the emergence of AI, is shifting more skilled work onto machines. I believe that education only happens when those being educated are able to tell more empowering stories about themselves and the world we live in,” Al-Atabi tells The PIE. “We