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		<title>The Reproduction of Privilege</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This NYTimes article underlines the decreasing mobility effect of a four-year degree these days, as economic class lines become stronger and it becomes increasingly difficult to move up the economic ladder through higher education. March 12, 2012 The Reproduction of Privilege By THOMAS B. EDSALL Instead of serving as a springboard to social mobility as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/diversify/2012/05/03/the-reproduction-of-privilege/</link>
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		<title>BCC Summer Institute: Diversifying the Curriculum/Diversifying Our Services</title>
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		<link>http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/diversify/2012/04/24/bcc-summer-institute-diversifying-the-curriculumdiversifying-our-services/</link>
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		<title>HETS Spring 2012 issue now available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The HETS journal is peer-reviewed and available in both electronic and hard copies. Our readership includes researchers, scholars, students and organizations who are interested in technologies, higher education and the Hispanic population. The journal also highlights the use of technology to improve pedagogy.  Many colleges and universities are currently addressing the needs of the Hispanic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/diversify/2012/04/17/hets-spring-2012-issue-now-available/</link>
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		<title>College Board Releases Study on Young Men of Color and College Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In September 2010, the College Board Advocacy &#38; Policy Center began a partnership with the Business Innovation Factory (BIF) to look at the higher education experiences of young men of color. Together we explored the experiences of 92 African-American, Asian-American/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino and Native American students from 39 institutions across the country to learn how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/diversify/2012/04/12/college-board-releases-study-on-young-men-of-color-and-college-experience/</link>
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		<title>The Important Work of Prof. S. Craig Watkins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor Watkins of Univ of Texas Austin is engaged in significant research on the rapidly changing world of information, race, generations, and access. At UT, he is a member of Radio-Television-Film, Sociology, and the Center for African and African American Studies departments. On the right side of this blog, you can see recent blog posts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/diversify/2012/04/09/the-important-work-of-prof-s-craig-watkins/</link>
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		<title>Commentary: The Case for Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Every day, it seems — and rightly so — there are new calls to strengthen and diversify the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) pipeline by leaders from across the political spectrum. The education community knows this cause well. As many researchers will tell you, interest in STEM majors and careers by underrepresented students is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/diversify/2012/03/15/commentary-the-case-for-transforming-undergraduate-stem-education/</link>
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		<title>Berkshire leaders stress diversity work still to be done &#8211; Berkshire Eagle Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Berkshire leaders stress diversity work still to be done &#8211; Berkshire Eagle Online.]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/diversify/2012/03/15/berkshire-leaders-stress-diversity-work-still-to-be-done-berkshire-eagle-online-2/</link>
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		<title>Prof. Derald Wing Sue&#8217;s Work on Microaggressions (video)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a 58-min video of Prof Sue, Professor of Psychology and Education in the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, speaking on his very important work, which has been published in Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &#038; Sons, Inc., 2010.]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/diversify/2012/02/21/prof-derald-wing-sues-work-on-microaggressions-video/</link>
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		<title>Small World: Crafting an Inclusive Classroom (No Matter What You Teach)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an excellent, short article about steps any college instructor can take to create a more inclusive classroom. The focus of the article is about increasing one&#8217;s sophistication about the impact of environment, behavior and dynamics in the classroom. It calls for transparency and a willingness to be uncomfortable.  The article contains some annotated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/diversify/2012/02/18/small-world-crafting-an-inclusive-classroom-no-matter-what-you-teach/</link>
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		<title>Four Levels of Multicultural curriculum change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These four levels of curriculum change put in a nutshell the challenge of creating a true multicultural curriculum. Most institutions tend to get stuck at the first, most superficial level, of adding images, readings, and recognitions to existing content. The deeper levels track both the mandate of critical thinking, and the notion of social action [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/diversify/2012/02/16/four-levels-of-multicultural-curriculum-change/</link>
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