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Texas Senate Approves Anti-DEI Bill for State Public Universities

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The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would limit how state public universities can promote equitable access to higher education and foster campus diversity, The Texas Tribune reported. The bill will not affect course instruction, faculty research, student organizations, guest speakers, data collection or admissions.

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Report: More DEI Efforts Needed at Predominantly White Institutions

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There needs to be more, not fewer opportunities to assist students of color on campuses, according to a new report from The Education Trust. For the report, EdTrust researchers interviewed 32 Black, Latino, and Asian American students enrolled at predominantly White institutions (PWIs) in 15 U.S.

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Eye to the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is institutional focus on achieving Research One status. Innovative programming continues to grow, and the student body is more diverse than ever. If a student is not meeting certain milestones, someone from Mfume’s office will reach out to the student and help arrange tutoring or other services.

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How to empower student-parents in higher education: A conversation with Generation Hope

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Blogs How to empower student-parents in higher education A conversation with Generation Hope My mom had me at 17, and like many teen parents, had to put her education on hold to care for our family. Student-parents bring unique strengths and motivations to school communities, enhancing diversity and enriching practices.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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They donate their time to create age-appropriate, hands-on activities for these students that come to our camps,” says Watford. Faculty do it as part of their research and part of their service to the university and to the state.” His dissertation research was on the CEED summer programs. After completing his Ph.D.

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Biomedicine Student's Ambition Intersects with Passion, Purpose

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He had been inspired towards academic research by Dr. Richard Feynman, the Nobel laureate physicist, and physics was his undergraduate major. As part of the Maximizing Access to Research Careers program, Gonzales did a summer at Duke University, where he studied the optimization of hydrogels to promote the 3D growth of cells.

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AAMU’s STEM boon carves career paths for HBCU students

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Jobs for the Future , a nonprofit focused on the American workforce and education systems, recently identified a skill and career gap among Black learners and job seekers. As a result, students are leading cutting-edge research and getting hired. IBM has granted four AAMU students so far.