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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The institution has a storied history. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D. In New York City?

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Integrating Arts as a Healing Force

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jabani Bennett is an interdisciplinary visual artist, yoga instructor, community-engaged educator, leadership consultant, dancer, and mama. She is also the first Black and openly queer director in the University of Louisville Women’s Center’s 30-year history.

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How to Hold Institutions Accountable for Student Success

Inside Higher Ed

That true whether we’re speaking of college rankings or college football and basketball ratings, or, yes, rankings of scholars. Some institutions enroll students with higher needs: more low-income, first-generation undergraduates who received an uneven high school education. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Creating the Learner and Learning-Centered University

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Today’s customer-centered colleges and universities are not the learner and learning-centered universities we need. A customer-centric college or university prioritizes its brand. Also, many received an uneven high school education and therefore require Academics 101 training and learning supports.

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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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