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Professional development is an important part of DHE's Equity Agenda. Join us along with Campus Compact, Fitchburg State, Salem State and UMass Amherst for a national symposium on anti-racist teaching & learning on 9/20. Free registration:

Anti-Racist Community Engaged-Learning: Principles, Practices, and Pedagogy Virtual symposium advancing best practices in anti-racist community-engaged pedagogy.

The new edition of the DHE Forward just hit inboxes! Catch up on the latest Massachusetts higher ed news here:

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Massachusetts' new campus sexual assault law took effect August 1. All you need to know about the new law here: http://ow.ly/EdNe50FOszD

Do you work with students returning to campus and looking for jobs? Be sure to tell them about the upcoming Massachusetts virtual job fair - over 200k jobs now open in MA!

Massachusetts Virtual Job Fair Learn about the resources and services that can help you find your next career opportunity through a MassHire Jobseeker Career Resources Webinar.

We've made solid progress in reducing textbook costs for students through increased use of Open Educational Resources on campus. Now, a statewide student leader calls on colleges to pick up the pace of change.

Which courses offer affordable textbooks? Who knows? - CommonWealth Magazine IT SHOULD BE a short story with a happy ending, something like this: Once upon a time, concerned faculty began utilizing a growing body of free or low-cost instructional materials known as open educational resources (OER), hoping to reduce the number of students who quit classes because they couldn....

Ain't Too Proud to Brag: the U.S. Dept. of Education just gave us $441k to work with Framingham State, Holyoke CC and other campuses to develop new Open Educational Resources for high-growth majors -- and to design using an equity lens! http://ow.ly/LKk550FJCOF

From InsideHigherEdDC: "Barely 1 in 7 community college students who set out to earn a 4-year degree earn one within 6 years, and the typical student who tries to change colleges loses 43% of her credits." DHE's Elena Quiroz-Livanis served on an expert panel recommending a transfer reset to fixed a failing system. Read more:

Can transfer be fixed? Expert panel suggests remaking it instead Going “beyond transfer,” national panel argues that achieving equity in higher education requires recognizing and crediting “all relevant learning” from wider variety of sources.

Bound for Greatness: the young men who graduate from our 100 Males to College program go on to Morehouse, Tufts, Michigan, UMass Amherst. Today on behalf of these black & brown scholars, Springfield Public Schools accepted an $8,000 donation from city native and brightblackcandle co-founder Dr. Tiffany Griffin. Bright Black honors "the brilliance of blackness" - good description of the students her gift will support on their college journey!

SPRINGFIELD 100 Males to College Student Voices: 2017 Recognition Ceremony Congratulations graduating seniors!

So proud: today Schools accepted an $8k gift from co-founder Dr. Tiffany Griffin to support the college success of black&brown graduates of our 100 Males to College program! TY, Dr. Griffin. http://ow.ly/GIyl50FFRQY