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What determines âfairnessâ in vocational school admissions?
Updated April 10, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Donât perpetuate the stereotype
Who can be against fairness in admissions? But âFighting for fairness in vocational-ed admissionsâ (Editorial, March 28) perpetuates an old stereotype, that vocational education is for âstudents who donât plan to go to college.â Vocational education is not an
alternative to college; rather, for many students, it is an alternative pathway
to college, one that combines academic and hands-on learning, exposes them to the world of work, and positions them to make informed choices about their future. Given that virtually all good jobs now require some education beyond high school, it should be no surprise these schools are in high demand, since many have higher college-going rates than the surrounding high schools.
The Harvard Graduate School of Education will expand its work on diversity and inclusion through intentional hiring and planning in its summer programming, HGSE Dean Bridget Terry Long and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Director Tracie D. Jones said in interviews with The Crimson.
As the school plans to reopen this fall, Long said the school is investing in staff keenly dedicated to diversity and inclusion.
“We need to make more progress in terms of action, and so we’ve been investing to increase our capacity, more staff focused on these issues, expertise being brought in,” Long said.
Jones said the school has hired a senior instructional coach for anti-racist pedagogy and is in the process of hiring more staff, including a librarian who specializes in critical pedagogy.
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Harvard Environmental Health and Safety, a department of Campus Services, advised University affiliates to suspend use of hand sanitizers containing the human carcinogen benzene, including one brand purchased by Harvard, in a Monday email.
The guidance comes after pharmaceutical testing company Valisure published a March 24 citizen petition identifying brands of hand sanitizer that it found contain benzene, a chemical known to cause cancer in humans.
Though temporary U.S. Food and Drug Administration policies during the Covid-19 pandemic currently permit the concentration of up to two parts per million of benzene in hand sanitizer products, HEHS Managing Director William VanSchalkwyk issued a notice in the email to Harvard affiliates to forgo use of hand sanitizers containing any detectable amount of benzene based on Valisure’s data.