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Racial and Gender Inequities Found in Field of Educational Measurement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Racial and gender inequities still plague the field of educational measurement, from professional rank to salary, across academia, industry, and leadership roles. The question becomes, what are the levers we need to pull as a system, when we know that the work we’re doing continues to reify the glass ceiling and sticky floors?

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Challenges for Higher Education: An Emerging Skills Shortage and Inequity in the Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Research done by the National Center for Inquiry & Improvement (NCI&I) revealed significant racial inequality in the workforce. Addressing the challenges of a growing skills gap and inequity in the workforce will require planning, vision, and foresight. Accompanying the skills gap is a serious employment equity issue.

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Admissions After the Supreme Court Ruling: Understanding Inequality in Extracurricular Activities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Inequality is pervasive in extracurricular activities, but how does it actually show up on college applications? Inequality was especially prominent in sports, where public school, Black, Asian American, and low-income students reported notably fewer leadership roles. When they are able to join, they often excel.

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Morehouse School of Medicine Looks to Disrupt Health Inequities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The institute will also connect its students with the healthcare inequities seen around the world, helping them to dream up solutions to systemic problems, particularly in low-resource areas with higher populations of poorer or rural residents.

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New HBCU Medical College in NOLA Will Confront Medical Inequities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The pandemic made it clearer why a regional HBCU medical school was so critically needed, said Xavier President Dr. C. Reynold Verret. “If

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Survey: Inequities in Student Involvement

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Survey: Inequities in Student Involvement colleen.flaherty Fri, 09/22/2023 - 03:00 AM Student Voice data reveal disparities in who’s participating in campus life outside the classroom—and opportunities for closing these gaps. Byline(s) Colleen Flaherty

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To Surmount Economic Inequality, Colleges Must Prepare Students for Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

policies impact the lives of families living in poverty or facing inequality, shows that gender and race gaps in college enrollment are directly connected with academic preparation in high school.