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Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This initiative aims to strengthen the capacity of our community colleges to serve as hubs for regional Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that convene high school educators, community college faculty, and representatives from local employers and workforce agencies,” Dr. Karen Stout says in the award notification.

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Expanding Federal Work Study to Create a More Diverse Teacher Pipeline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Thanks to a new change in America’s federal work-study program, thousands more students like Halima could soon become tutors in America’s public schools to aid in the national pandemic learning recovery — and potentially diversify our nation’s teaching workforce. Jilo Tisdale On May 10, 2023, US Department of Education Secretary Dr. Miguel A.

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New network calls for spotlight on Black student enrollment

Inside Higher Ed

” The call to action notes that if every Black adult in the workforce with a high school education earned as much as the average Black college graduate, they would collectively have an estimated $222 billion more in lifetime earnings. For example, it notes that the U.S.

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How colleges measure and prove their value: Key podcast

Inside Higher Ed

We’ve seen the broader higher education community latching on to this narrative just to get a better understanding of whether or not specific institutions and programs are paying off. That makes sense given that that’s a primary, if not the primary, reason many people get post–high school education and training.

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Appeals Court Blocks Relief for Students Who Were Defrauded by Their Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Department of Education is now barred from implementing the policies, which took effect last month, while the three-person panel of conservative appointees hears a lawsuit from Career Colleges and Schools of Texas (CCST), an association of nearly 100 for-profit institutions.

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From Research and Theory Into Practice: hooks’ Homeplace Matters in the Educational Lives of Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

link] Despite growing discussions of antiracist practices and policies in P-20 schools, education tends to critique racist structures without providing solutions that bring into the conversation the lived experiences of Black students, families, and communities. Theory into Practice. Dr. Donna Y. Dr. Erik M.

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Inside the 2024 SANsational Awards: Meet this Year’s Winners!

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At UK, the Distance Learning Compliance Team led a campus-wide compliance project, collaborating with Information Technology Services, Institutional Research, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, the Graduate School, Professional Schools, Financial Aid, and managers of all licensure programs.

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