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Formerly Incarcerated Students Are Humans First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

There are more than 400 Higher Education in Prison programs throughout the country, and that is good news since students who participate in college while incarcerated are 48% less likely to return to prison after release compared to their peers. For returning citizens, the benefits of college extend beyond academics.

Humanities

Humanities Students Organization Community College

Equity in a World of Artificial Intelligence

WCET Frontiers

APRIL 20, 2023

Equally important, but discussed very little, are the equity considerations around how AI can and should be leveraged in higher education. Today we’ll look at both the positive and potentially negative aspects of generative AI in higher education as it relates to educational equity.

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Equity Technology Humanities Higher Education

Challenging climate hypocrisy in higher education learning and teaching

HEPI

JANUARY 2, 2025

For example, in UK tertiary education (further education and higher education), the largest sources of travel emissions are student flights , but there has been limited focus on the emissions stemming from learning and teaching, particularly fieldtrips, which this post is keen to reflect on.

Higher Education

Higher Education Education Environment Department

Breaking Barriers: The Journey of Black Men in Reclaiming Masculinity and Equity in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 4, 2024

While manhood is not defined as a monolith, onboarding descriptions, presentations, and further educational sources need to document an increased variety of manhood and leadership examples to more accurately reflect that of the entering classes of students.

Higher Education

Higher Education Equity Education Model

Major review of Australian HE calls for doubling of places by 2050

The PIE News

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This is a landmark piece of work that sets out a clear path to creating a seamless tertiary education sector where there is greater collaboration and integration between universities and TAFEs,” she said.

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Disadvantaged Further Education Educational Systems Equity

Report: Almost all disabled students lack access to college readiness programs

University Business

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act requires schools to identify and serve children who need tailored support to succeed academically, and to “prepare them for further education, employment and independent living.” In the 2020-21 academic year, just 4.4% of charter school students with disabilities and 2.8%

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College Further Education Students Equity

Walking down the road to Kingdom Come: some steps away from a Higher Education Funding Crisis?

HEPI

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

An incoming Government has a range of priorities – Health, Social Care, Housing, possibly Defence – that outflank the needs of Education, and, within the DfE, it is understandably difficult to make the case for higher education above early years, or further education, or compulsory schooling.

Higher Education

Higher Education Education Recruitment Retention

Survey Shows Gen Z’s Unique Perspective on Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 12, 2023

Dr. Kristen Hengtgen, a senior analyst of P-12 policy at the Education Trust, a nonprofit focused on educational equity, thought that during the pandemic, some students may have deprioritized education in favor of getting a job to help support their families. “As

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Schooling Degree Higher Education Guidance

700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Here’s what that could mean for your institution

EAB

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Few opportunities benefit incarcerated people as much as postsecondary education. Incarcerated adults who participate in a correctional education program have a 28% lower chance of recidivating. Further, educational programs ensure incarcerated individuals have the skills and qualifications to be competitive in the job market.

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Institution Postsecondary Education Facilities Students

Ed Dept Grants $40M for Student Success Efforts

Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 16, 2024

By prioritizing equity, the program seeks to ensure that more students, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, can achieve credentials that lead to economic success and further educational opportunities.

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Postsecondary Education Students Achievement Advise

Looking to the future for our technical community

HEPI

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The blogs have addressed some of the biggest challenges in the higher education and research sector around technical career pathways , research culture and how to create a skilled and sustainable workforce , and the series has featured a range of voices including pro-vice chancellors and technicians themselves.

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Empower Engineering Higher Education Further Education

Scholar Looks to Ease the Burden of Racial Opportunity Costs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 21, 2022

For students who do try to exist in elite educational spaces, racial opportunity co sts can affect their academic performance. After graduating from the University of Minnesota, Chambers had no plans for further education. “I felt like I was probably going to just work at State Farm,” s he said. “I I was done with school.

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Deans Schooling Achievement Academia

Higher Education in Ireland

HESA

APRIL 20, 2023

Then we have the further education colleges, which are themselves in the process of that whole sector being developed because it emerged out of the local government and so on. And so the FET, further education and training, are a bit like the community colleges. We have maybe about 20% in further education and about 13.5%

Higher Education

Higher Education Education Further Education Policy

The State of Higher Education Part 1: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 159 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Courtney Brown

The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 13, 2023

First of all, we have a foundation in racial equity. We recognize that people want to get a credential because they need a job on the other end, and quality credentials lead to further education and employment. They can lead to further education. Courtney Brown 04:49 We focus on a couple of things.

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Higher Education Education Degree Students

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Formerly Incarcerated Students Are Humans First

Equity in a World of Artificial Intelligence

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Challenging climate hypocrisy in higher education learning and teaching

Breaking Barriers: The Journey of Black Men in Reclaiming Masculinity and Equity in Higher Education

Major review of Australian HE calls for doubling of places by 2050

Report: Almost all disabled students lack access to college readiness programs

Walking down the road to Kingdom Come: some steps away from a Higher Education Funding Crisis?

Survey Shows Gen Z’s Unique Perspective on Higher Ed

700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Here’s what that could mean for your institution

Ed Dept Grants $40M for Student Success Efforts

Looking to the future for our technical community

Scholar Looks to Ease the Burden of Racial Opportunity Costs

Higher Education in Ireland

The State of Higher Education Part 1: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 159 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Courtney Brown

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