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Oak Foundation, an international grant-making organization founded by Duty Free Shopper originator Alan Parker, has donated $700,000 to the University of Hawaii to support students with learning differences succeed in college. What You Need To Know The grant was awarded to the Center of Disability Studies, part of UH Manoa’s College of Education, to develop innovative online modules to help faculty, staff and administrators improve their interactions with students with a range of learning differences The modules will also help improve interactions personnel have with indigenous students by reflecting on their current practices and shifting their attitudes toward and awareness of their differences The award also will enable faculty, staff and administrators to boost their knowledge of legal mandates and policies for accommodating such students, and increase their skills to support students with learning differences from diverse cultural backgrounds UH Manoa Provost Michael Bruno said the program will also be able to assess the impact of the pandemic on learning and use of technology by students with learning differences and those from Indigenous groups The grant was awarded to the Center of Disability Studies, part of UH Manoa’s College of Education, to develop innovative online modules to help faculty, staff and administrators improve their interactions with students with a range of learning differences.

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Oak Foundation, an international grant-making organization founded by Duty Free Shopper originator Alan Parker, has…

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