Collected Item: “Equity: Grad School in Quarantine”
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Equity: Grad School in Quarantine (For Mikel to Curate)
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Article
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This article details 8 things that universities can do to help students have access to the necessary materials so that they could succeed in their educational goals. Many of the professors interviewed stated that their were a myriad of problems students had to deal with in order to learn online. These problems included: relocation due to the pandemic, a lack of internet at home, a lack of access to things such as printers and other items, a lack of childcare, systemic racism within academia and many others. Flexibility and empathy are the keys to navigating a COVID19 world, recognizing your own privilege is an important step in being able to help others get access to what they need. Graduate school is hard enough already, it's important to work together to get through this.
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#coveryourfangs #HS6301 #COVID19
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https://theconversation.com/online-learning-during-covid-19-8-ways-universities-can-improve-equity-and-access-145286
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Nadia Naffi, Ann-Louise Davidson, Azeneth Patino, Brian Beatty, Edem Gbetoglo, Nathalie Duponsel
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2020-09-30