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Law Significantly Cuts Prison Time for Higher Ed Credentials

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Research has repeatedly found that higher education programs in prisons reduce recidivism. Last week, Governor Jared Polis signed into law a bill that offers significant sentence reductions to non-violent offenders who complete educational programs. I was shocked that it passed with that much time off.”

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Report: Attempts at Educational Gag Orders Continue to Proliferate in 2023

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Of those 110, 39 would restrict how educators teach and discuss sexual orientation and gender identity – most of them are modeled after Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law.

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Breaking the Assimilationist Trajectory

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I was working in a non-Indian community, not building new relationships with American Indian education professionals, and not really focusing much of my work around those topics.” The history of Native education in the United States is fraught with dispossession.

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FASHP Declares A National Crisis in Low Number of Men of Color in Health Care Professions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FASHP is also creating a coalition with associations across academic health professions, health care institutions, and health professional organizations to tackle scarcity of low HUMOC numbers at health professions schools.

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AFT Prez Sends Letter to WVU Board Over Proposed Cuts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Instead of discontinuing programs, the AFT argues, the board of governors and administration should appeal to the state legislature to make up the financial gap and to adequately fund the university going forward. A final vote on the cuts will take place September 15 th.

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Accessibility and Belonging: Cornerstones of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Higher education institutions, governments, organizations, and individuals must embrace these principles as fundamental rights and values. Ellis is a senior professorial lecturer in the educational policy and leadership doctoral program and special education program at American University School of Education.

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Education Department Announces Final Regulations Regarding Predatory Recruiting Practices Against Veterans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Veterans and their families deserve the very best education America has to offer,” said U.S. These new rules crack down on some of the most deceptive practices we see in higher education, such as predatory marketing tactics that target U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough.