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SkillPointe Updates Help Community Colleges Bridge the Skills Gap

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We are continually improving the website to help more institutions and students,” said Corbin, adding that SkillPointe has delivered 64,000 referrals to training programs to date, and member colleges have received 20 times the organic referrals that colleges typically receive. “We

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Navigating Microaggressions: A Call for DEI Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These words or actions, whether we want to believe it or not, result from stereotypes we have about individuals without our conscious knowledge. 95% of students, residents and interns who completed the post-survey indicated they feel very or extremely prepared to address microaggressions in the clinical learning environment.

DEI 260
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Professor, Journalist to Pen Book on J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Cole and Kendrick Lamar Saved Hip-Hop, is expected to be an exploration into the cultural and musical contributions the two iconic figures have made in hip-hop over the past decade. Hopkins said he expects the book will ruffle some feathers, “but we believe it’s a necessary discussion to have.” Kendrick Lamar and J.

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University of Delaware Investigate Swastika Drawn on Office Door of Jewish Professor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

University of Delaware (UD) police are investigating after an English professor who is Jewish found a swastika drawn on a poster on her office door with the words, "We Are Everywhere," Delaware Online reported. The swastika was drawn on a poster promoting a drag performance the professor organized years ago.

IT 330
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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We and many others have written about how Black males are the most disenfranchised students in our nation’s schools. With this in mind, we (Hines and Fletcher) compiled the collection of readings by prominent scholars, as described herein. We acknowledge that more work needs to be done to right the many wrongs imposed on Black males.

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Building Pipelines for a Better Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Daniel Jean often recounts with sadness the story of Robert Daniel Cuadra, an 18-year-old honor student from Paterson, New Jersey, who was planning to embark on a promising college career at Montclair State University in the summer of 2022. Programming to include a nationwide collective of educators, administrators, and thought leaders. “We

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Report Provides Frank Data on Black PhD Holders in STEM Fields

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sloan Foundation and RTI International have engaged in a study of Black and Hispanic individuals who have achieved PhD degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. of people who earned these doctoral degrees from 2010–20 were Black Americans. The debt load of those who did is disproportionately high.