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At #NSHE diversity panel, @LuisPonjuanPhD talks about turning micro-aggressions into micro-affirmations for students of color. @NSHE

6:49 pm · April 12, 2019

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At #NSHE diversity meeting @AdrianHuertaPhD talks about connection between community colleges and high schools, so Latino kids know they have a place to go. Also need to provide services outside 8-5 hours. @NSHE

6:08 pm · April 12, 2019

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At #NSHE diversity special meeting Deborah Santiago @ds_excelencia Excelencia in Education, says that serving Latinx students means not assuming that they learn in the same traditional methods that many board members learned. Education must not be one size fits all. @NSHE

5:57 pm · April 12, 2019

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At @NSHE specially diversity meeting, @LuisPonjuanPhD talks about helping Latino students feel like they belong. Interrupt the Parking Lot to Class to Parking Lot paradigm. But to do that, campus needs to be available on weekends and evenings. People need to feel safe.

5:52 pm · April 12, 2019

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At #NSHE board meeting on diversity, speaker Nia Woods Haydel, Dean of Dillard University, @du1869, puts up a slide asking if existing college policies help students who are struggling. Second question: "Do we really care." That is the core question. @NSHE

5:25 pm · April 12, 2019

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