Local Educational Institutes Benefit from $150,000 to Boost Diversity Training capecod.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from capecod.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UMass Dartmouth, along with partners Massasoit Community College and UMass School of Law, were awarded a $150,000 Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) grant from the Office of the Governor to research and gather evidence-based data toward the creation of a multi-campus curriculum for a Transformative Justice Certification Program. This initiative will help institutions of higher education implement training, certification, and workforce readiness for Transformative Justice Practitioners.
The Massachusetts Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) seeds and supports innovations and proven practices in public higher education specifically aimed at advancing the Commonwealth’s overarching goal to significantly raise success outcomes among under-represented student populations. This most recent grant focused on funding projects that support initiatives and activities that adopt an equity lens designed to increase college-going and completion rates for minoritized students, specifical
By Sam Bonacci
Framingham State University has received a $62,250 grant to address systemic racism in higher education and how it manifests on campus, with 150 campus leaders slated for the education.
The grant from the Massachusetts Higher Education Innovation Fund will be used to coordinate a Racial Equity Policy Review Institute to include leaders from across the FSU campus.
“Our central goal is for leaders on campus to leave the institute with an actionable plan to undertake policy review in their areas within the 2021-2022 academic year,” Constanza Cabello, vice president for diversity, inclusion and community engagement, said in the announcement.
$62K Framingham State Grant Funds Racial, Equity Policy Institute patch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from patch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Racial Equity Policy Review Institute will help leaders within the campus community understand systemic racism in higher education metrowestdailynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from metrowestdailynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.