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Scholars Call on Educational Field to Protect LGBTQ+ Youth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The statement encourages improvement of working conditions for educators to combat the teacher shortage and a commitment to keeping public educational spaces public, including schools, libraries and community centers. particularly in the nation’s public schools and libraries,” the statement reads. “As

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Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit library in San Francisco, has grown into one of the most important cultural institutions of the modern age. For the sake of libraries and library users everywhere, let’s hope they don’t succeed. and Penguin Random House assert that the Internet Archive is not a real library.

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First Doctoral Program at a TCU Will Contribute to Native Sovereignty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Its master’s degree program in Diné Culture, Language, and Leadership required the institution to hire new faculty members and save money for a research library. They also need to develop a culture of having a graduate school — we need to build admin support for it, for faculty, and for the students, and we need to build up our library.”

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Does Volunteer Work Matter for College Admissions?

Great College Advice

This could mean starting your own nonprofit organization or going out and interacting with your community on your own, but it doesn’t have to be independent, either. Get to know an organization you like or one that you’re already a part of. Did your responsibilities increase over time, and if so, in what way?

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education.

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Scholars: Racial Backlash Robs White Students of U.S. History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the free speech organization PEN America, since January 2021, 229 bills have been proposed that would affect issues of race in American schools, such as restrictions on teaching critical race theory, the concept that racism is not only based on individual biases but embedded in the country’s legal structures. Fifteen have passed.