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Formerly Incarcerated Students Are Humans First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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Challenging climate hypocrisy in higher education learning and teaching 

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By Dr Adrian Gonzalez ( @AGonzalez05 ) Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and Director of Learning and Teaching, Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York. Table 1: Department of Environment and Geography, University of York fieldtrips up to 2022-2023 What does this total figure equate to?

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While colleges know and attempt to help cultivate these attributes, the idea of a Black male leader needs to be examined as it pertains to the many individuals entering colleges and universities. Dr. Hamilton Raymond is executive director of admissions at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Dr. Harrison P.

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Equity in a World of Artificial Intelligence

WCET Frontiers

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

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The Universities Accord – a major 12-month long review into Australian higher education – has released its report with a bold call for up to 80% of Australians to be tertiary-education by 2050. Another central tenet of the report is more seamless integration between vocational and university delivery.

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

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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. Save BTEC.

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

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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.” of charter school special education students and 3.4% Read more at The74.

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