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Tag: Special Education
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FSU Professors Receive IES Grants to Advance Special Education Research
The Institute for Education Sciences (IES) has awarded Early Career grants to Drs. Laura Steacy and Jenny Root, who are both assistant professors of special education in the Florida State University College of Education. Steacy and Root will receive $500,000 each over a four-year period to research ways to support students with learning disabilities. Steacy’s […]
May 15, 2019
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Dooley is First Woman and African-American Provost at UCF
The University of Central Florida is determined to gain designation as one of the state’s preeminent institutions of higher education, and a historic administrative appointment has been made to help the large, Orlando-based institution make it happen.
October 4, 2018
News Roundup
Report: Elementary and Special Education Teachers’ Knowledge of Reading Instruction is Lacking
A new report indicates that many states are failing to maintain the necessary requirements when it comes to elementary and special education teachers’ knowledge of reading instruction. In the report titled, “Strengthening Reading Instruction Through Better Preparation of Elementary and Special Education Teachers, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) said that 40 states still […]
August 13, 2018
Disabilties
Vega’s Poor Start Benefits At-risk Population
Poverty isn’t some abstract idea to Dr. Desireé Vega, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars. She’s experienced it firsthand.
March 7, 2017
African-American
NADINE SHIGEZAWA
NADINE SHIGEZAWA was appointed director of the Veterans in Transition to Academic Leadership (VITAL) program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She was a psychologist for the Veterans Administration. Shigezawa holds a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
March 22, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Diverse on the Go
Vice President Ralph Newell is attending the ACPA Convention in Montreal through Wednesday, an event attended by approximately 3,500 American College Personnel Association members and guests.
March 7, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Diverse on the Go
Vice President Ralph Newell is attending the ACPA Convention in Montreal this weekend, an event attended by approximately 3,500 American College Personnel Association members and guests.
March 4, 2016
Disabilties
ED Seeks More Accurate Measures of Disproportionality in Special Education
The Department of Education wants states to start using a standardized methodology to determine whether they are identifying minority students for special education services at a disproportionately high rate.
February 23, 2016
Students
ELREO CAMPBELL
ELREO CAMPBELL has been appointed an associate dean and director of financial aid at Colby College. He was dean of student financial services at Newbury College. Campbell earned an associate from the Community College of Philadelphia, a bachelor’s from Drexel University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
October 22, 2015
Students
JULIANNA BARNES
JULIANNA BARNES has been appointed president of Cuyamaca College in El Cajon, California, effective October 5. Barnes was vice president of student services at San Diego Mesa College. She holds a bachelor’s from the University of California, San Diego, and a master’s and a doctorate from San Diego State University.
October 8, 2015
Students
St. Louis U. Lowers Tuition for First Responders
ST LOUIS ― Saint Louis University will offer a reduced tuition rate for first responders seeking to pursue bachelor’s degrees or certificates in the university’s School of Professional Studies.
August 6, 2015
Students
MICHAEL V. PHAM
MICHAEL V. PHAM has been appointed vice president of administrative services at Highline College. He was vice president of administrative services at Seattle Central College. Pham earned two associate degrees from Seattle Central, a bachelor’s from Central Washington University and an MBA from City University of Seattle.
June 17, 2015
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