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Supporting the Shift: Professional Development for Alternative Grading Practices
New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Alternative grading (e.g., contract grading, ungrading, specifications grading) practices have emerged as a promising approach to enhance student success, improve students’ sense of belonging, and make higher education more accessible. This study explores the challenges faced by community college faculty when implementing alternative grading ...
Breana Bayraktar, J. Indigo Eriksen
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Civic Development of Latine Students: The Role of Equity‐Minded Community College Leaders
New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores how equity‐minded educators at Hispanic Serving community colleges (HSCCs) foster the civic development of Latine students, emphasizing leadership, civic engagement, and agency beyond academic success. Using a multi‐case study design, we analyzed interviews with 29 educators from two HSCCs in Southern California to ...
Cynthia M. Alcantar +4 more
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Guided Toward Equity: Communities of Practice and Organizational Change in Community Colleges
New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although community colleges advance equity by providing opportunities for marginalized students to pursue higher education, barriers to earning credentials remain, particularly for students of color. Higher education stakeholders are investing in “equity work” as organizations take responsibility for ensuring equitable outcomes.
Karin Yndestad +2 more
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Racial Equity in State Funding for Community Colleges
New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.ABSTRACT States vary significantly in both the amount of funding they allocate to community colleges and the mechanisms they use to distribute these funds (Kelchen et al., 2024; Mullin et al., 2015; State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2025). One major source of variation in state's approaches to funding community colleges is whether and how they
Elizabeth Aritonang, Denisa Gándara
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Counselor Education and Supervision, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite growing enrollment of international students in counseling programs, existing research has predominantly emphasized their challenges and adjustment difficulties, with limited attention to their cultural strengths. This critical narrative inquiry study examined how nine international counseling students of color (ICSC) in master's ...
Yu Pan +3 more
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Epilepsia, EarlyView.Abstract This article summarizes data for 13 investigational treatments for which at least preliminary seizure outcome data in patients with epilepsy were reported at the Eighteenth Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs and Devices held in Madrid, Spain, on May 3–6, 2026.
Meir Bialer +7 more
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Aftasten/Tantear: A sensorial, coalitional wayfinding among Muslim runners
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Muslim recreational runners in Muslim‐minority settings that take up running as their preferred form of leisure indicate that they feel they have to navigate a sense of exclusion when running outdoors. This article explores the process of exploration and sensing in public, represented by the Dutch verb aftasten, to investigate the way Muslim ...
Jasmijn Rana
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The problem with abortion deserts: Reframing deserts for feminist solidarity
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract With the rise of the far right across the world, feminist scholars and activists have been drawn to the language of “abortion deserts” to describe the decimation of reproductive healthcare services. In this paper we argue that while “abortion deserts” is a rhetorically powerful category, it is too often used uncritically in ways that overlook ...
Chiara Chiavaroli, Cordelia Freeman
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Workplace inequities and health outcomes among Black professionals in Canada.
PLoS ONEBackgroundAnti-Black racism in Canada remains a significant barrier to the career advancement and overall well-being of Black professionals. Despite the existence of policies and legislation aimed at reducing workplace discrimination, Black Canadians ...
Dora A Mugambi +4 more
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract When I was 12, my family told me a story about their community falling apart and coming together, a time when someone tried putting a nuclear facility in their (our?) hometown. Since we moved when I was too young to remember, the story had little significance until I embarked on a “hometown” ethnographic journey for my dissertation.
Chandler L. Classen
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