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ASU Faculty Receive $1.6 Million for Program to Better Teach K-12 Educators about Civics, History, and Media Literacy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Arizona State University (ASU) faculty have received $1.6 Department of Education for a program to teach K-12 teachers about civics, history, and media literacy. A number of ASU faculty will contribute and particiupate in the project. million from the U.S. The funding is to be awarded over three years.

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Scholars Discuss Advantages and Pitfalls of Social Media in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Using social media as a way to amplify one’s own reach in academe, was one of many topics discussed during a University of Michigan panel on how diversity scholars have navigated this tool. Laila McCloud, an assistant professor of educational leadership and counseling at Grand Valley State University. My work is not my life.

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Decolonizing Higher Education Syllabi: Beyond the Aesthetics of the Syllabus

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As such, this global movement has forced us to revisit what and how topics and issues are taught in Pre-K-12 and higher education courses; as such, it has forced us to confront the sources of white supremacy, intolerance, and anti-Blackness and hate based on race and ethnicity.

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Students and Faculty Rally in Protest for Palestine

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The media is more eager to talk about the experience of Jewish students than those in Gaza that are dying. On Monday, the NYU Palestine Solidarity Coalition, a student and faculty group, organized a protest at one of the few open spaces on their campus—hundreds of students piled into Gould Plaza next to NYU’s Stern School of Business.

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Professor Examines Asian American Representation Across Media, Diaspora

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David Oh “I think that also leads to a lack of opportunities for people to play interesting roles [in the dramatic arts],” said Oh, noting the underrepresentation of Asians in popular American media. For years, Oh has been studying Asian American representation along with matters of identity, critical media studies, and the diaspora.

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Vice President for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging at Central Michigan University Honored at NASPA Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Shawna Patterson-Stephens Patterson-Stephens is an award-winning scholar-practitioner with 20 years of experience in higher education. Her research interests include Black and Latinx issues in higher education, media influences in the postsecondary sector, and critical theory in higher educational contexts.

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Bills in NC and FL Lead to Faculty Concern, Protest

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As legislative sessions in many states head towards their conclusions, new attempts to exert control over higher education have continued to appear. Faculty in both states are distressed, and some are protesting. It would have a chilling effect across the university on academic freedom,” he said.

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