Mary L Churchill

Massachusetts’s Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $1.3 million in Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) grants to advance racial equity on campuses across the state.   The Massachusetts Executive Office of Education and MA Department of Higher Education released a joint press release on Tuesday, in which Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler, PhD said, “these grants are part of larger efforts to create a public higher educations system that serves all students equitably.” Bridgewater State University will oversee the $250,000 grant for the “Racial Equity and Justice Institute” project, intended to infuse tenets of racial equity into all partner institutions. Quinsigamond Community College in #Worcester was awarded $51,968 toward the development of a #diversity, equity, and #inclusion certificate program.  $139,828 at North Shore Community College will go to the #Massachusetts Community College Prior Learning Assessment, which provides opportunities for college credits from prior learning and experience, and Holyoke Community College will oversee $230,340 for Massachusetts Community Colleges Equity Consortium, which connects institutions with anti-racist resources and best practices. $168,813 at Middlesex Community College (MCC) will help develop the Community Leadership Credit Certificate, which teaches students how to be active leaders in their communities, while $70,000 at MCC, as well as $100,000 at UMass Boston, will go toward partnerships with behavioral health providers in promoting diversity in workforce training and behavioral health education. Formerly known as the Performance Incentive Fund, the HEIF supports campus programming geared towards educational opportunities for the diverse population of Massachusetts. Noe Ortega, the state’s commissioner of higher education, said, “Building a more equitable landscape in higher education hinges on cultivating a culture of collaboration, and these systemwide and regional consortia demonstrate how our Commonwealth’s leaders are committed to working together to improve outcomes for students of color.” - from Insight Into Diversity #CommunityColleges #RacialEquity #HigherEd #EquityInEducation #Antiracism #WorkforceDiversity

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Here’s my latest issue brief in CommonWealth Beacon on the proposal to establish a state reparations commission: a necessary step toward addressing past wrongs, or a distraction from more productive and pragmatic efforts to tackle racial disparities?

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The AccessLex | AASE ASP Faculty Scholarship Grant Program provides financial support and research mentorship to academic support educators as they pursue the development and publication of a research article. Learn more from Marta Baffy, Professor of the Practice and Director of Academic Success at University of Baltimore School of Law, and her experience as an AASE Scholar in the responses below! ◾ Please describe your experience as an AASE Scholar. “I really enjoyed working on my project and especially the support I got from my mentor, Catherine (Cassie) Christopher, who provided great feedback throughout the process.” ◾ What was your favorite part about your specific article/research? “I loved that this project let me use insights from my prior experience in teaching English as a second language to help my current students. I also like that this project will allow me to share those insights with other law professors and ASP professionals.” ◾ Why do you think the AASE program is important? “This program is important because it empowers AASE scholars to share their ideas and really help shape the future of legal pedagogy. We can all benefit from this.” ◾ What advice would you give to the next round of AASE cohort? “Keep chipping away at your article, even if that means just 20-30 minutes a day. When I squeezed a little bit of writing into my schedule even for just a few weeks at a time, I ended up writing a good chunk of my manuscript.” Learn more about the AccessLex | AASE ASP Faculty Scholarship Grant and help us cheer on the current Scholars! https://ow.ly/tiym50RFQUF

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We can learn so much about how we live through data. https://lnkd.in/eXsBYmrM

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