DIVERSE Views

Preparing for Life After High School

by Dr. James Ewers, June 21, 2011

Millions of students are graduating from high school this graduation and will be opening a new chapter in their lives. Along with opening the new chapter, many students will have some reflective thoughts. There will be some who will conclude that high school was a training ground for things to come. While others

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Partnering Across Institutions and Race for Urban Teacher Preparation

by Dr. Emery Petchauer, June 16, 2011

As educators who work to prepare teachers, particularly for urban schools, we believe that pre-service teachers’ earliest field experiences in classrooms have a profound influence on their professional trajectories. We’ve seen pre-service teachers respond to urban field experiences in a variety of ways. We’ve seen some develop a visceral commitment

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How To Succeed in a Tenure-Track Faculty Job

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, June 14, 2011

I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of third-year doctoral students of color this past week at Howard University’s Preparing Future Faculty Institute. Standing up in front of these future leaders made me incredibly happy. The faculty pipeline seems to be bright and talented. My talk to them focused on success

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Stay–At-Home Dads More Commonplace Among Academics and Non-Academics

by Dr. Elwood Watson, June 7, 2011

A couple of weeks ago I was talking with a friend of mine who lives in the Midwest. It had been a few months since we had last spoken. I asked him to update me on the status of things—his job, his family etc. … I reciprocated. Fortunately, things are

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U.S. Department of Education Recognizes Institutions Serving Critical Mass of Asian American and Pacific Islander Students

by Dr. Lorelle L. Espinosa, June 2, 2011

In May, during Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Heritage Month, the U.S. Department of Education took the much needed step of formally recognizing institutions serving a critical mass of AAPI students. Alongside other institutions serving students of color and low-income populations, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions

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