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Fielding Graduate University Mourns Educational Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fielding Graduate University Taylor was a national leader on issues of diversity and inclusion in higher education, particularly those relating to access and equity, preparing the next generation of researchers and faculty members in the nation’s colleges and universities.

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Opposition Against Northwestern Stadium Renovation Grows Amid Hazing Scandal Fallout

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amid a hazing scandal and the subsequent firing of Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald , some faculty, alumni, and investors are pushing back against the school’s plans for a $800 million renovation of its football stadium, CBS reported. But calls to delay are increasing. Everybody saw it," Diaz said. "So

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Driving While Black

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2009, a federal judge dissolved the federal consent decree, but in the years that have followed, various civil rights organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union continue to express serious concerns about the disproportionate number of Black people who are still stopped and issued citations on the turnpike.

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Webster University chancellor to resign in December amid financial turmoil - Blythe Bernhard, St. Louis Today

Ray Schroeder

Beth Stroble came to the university in 2009 as president and was named chancellor in 2019. After taking a sabbatical early next year, she will return to Webster to work in alumni relations and fundraising, according to a press release issued Friday.

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Famous Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges

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In fact, the graduation rate for STEM majors in liberal arts colleges tends to be quite high–because faculty work hard to ensure that students interested in the sciences actually make it through these difficult majors. Nevermind that the drop-out rate from STEM majors is very high, especially at large universities. Former U.S.

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Making Sense of Changes to the U.S. News Rankings Methodology

Robert Kelchen

Fully seventy percent of these rankings are tied to metrics of social mobility, with a massive survey of students and alumni (20%) and diversity metrics (10%) making up the remainder. As a result, the response rate has declined from 68% in 1989 to 48% in 2009 and 30.8% Check them out if you haven’t already. News used IPEDS data.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He says he also looks forward to collaborating with faculty on campus to pursue and publish research on issues related to student-athletes of color. Filed in 2009 and decided in 2015, O’Bannon v. Goodson says one of the actions that Duke took was to make more support available from mental health professionals of color.

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