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Community College Student Leaders Selected for Prestigious DREAM Scholars Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Carpenter, ATD's director of equitable programming and inclusive learning. This year's DREAM Scholars are pursuing degrees ranging from computer science to pre-law, while also using their voices to advocate for members of their community with similar backgrounds." Dr. Karen A.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The needs of freshmen are also carefully considered, with INSPIRE (Incoming Student Program for Inclusion, Retention and Excellence) as well as student support programs like EOP (Educational Opportunity Program) and EXCEL, which create strong networks of support. The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to Latinx students has grown.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

College of Science Mentoring and Inclusion Collaborative (COSMIC) Clemson University College of Science In COSMIC, enrolled students from eight affinity groups gain a keen sense of belongingness. Participants are assisted in securing a paid internship in the tech industry in one of three hub cities: Silicon Valley, Calif.;

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Why liberal arts leaders should know STEM isn’t the enemy

University Business

Instead of the merely performative inclusion of the social sciences and humanities in STEM curricula (like the proverbial “ethics module” to satisfy accreditation), we create the kinds of integration in which the liberal arts aren’t ancillary, but partners at healing the hyper-specialization and fragmentation of the academy.

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At the University of Montana, esports is about more than competition

University Business

I mean English majors, Biology majors, Math majors, Computer Science, we have people from everywhere,” he explains. It’s all about inclusivity and community. There are 50 scholarships given out each year to students. Any of those things qualify and if you do at least one of those a year you qualify for our scholarship.”.

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

A diverse faculty brings diverse perspectives, and these diverse perspectives enhance teaching and advising, research and scholarship, clinical practice, and engagement with the community and world. An excellent and diverse faculty is vital to individual colleges and universities and to our communities, states, nation and globe.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

A third tradition, which stressed research, scholarship, and the applied sciences, emerged in nineteenth century Germany, especially at the universities of Gottingen and Berlin. Make your content more inclusive. This idea was brought to the American colonies largely by graduates from Cambridge and Edinburgh.