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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2008, he was a board member for the Obama presidential transition with general responsibility for healthcare, education, and immigration. In 1993, he was a senior economic adviser in the Clinton presidential transition, responsible for housing and regulation of financial institutions.

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The interplay of occupational subcultures and HE curricula changes how and what student professionals learn

SRHE

At the same time, I was reminded of Walford (2008), whose opinion highlights the danger of the emic researcher going native – I was keen that my position would not compromise my research findings. Walford, G (2008) How to do Educational Ethnography 1 st edn, London, UK: The Tufnell Press 1 st, edn, Open University Press.

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Not Your Traditional Student: Changing Demographics on Campus

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

Tara Broadie is a Peirce College 2018 graduate, who returned to finish her college degree after 20 years working in healthcare. Edwards graduation in 2008. When I walked across the stage at graduation in 2008, I felt a sense of accomplishment that is hard to describe. Shelley with her family at her St.

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The State of Higher Education Part 2: Changing Higher Education Podcast 160 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Courtney Brown

The Change Leader, Inc.

That’s not the case anymore, what with them being elderly parents and having to deal with the healthcare situation in our country. Courtney Brown 33:42 As I mentioned last time, in 2008, Lumina set this goal for the nation that by 2025, 60% of people in the US would have a high-quality credential beyond high school.