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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

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The report is a retrospective analysis of the changing demographics at selective and open-access institutions from 2009 to 2019; researchers ended their analysis in 2019 to account for changing enrollment patterns that resulted, in part, from the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes less than a year after the U.S.

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College Degree Still Sound Investment, Despite Rising Tuition

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Earning a college degree is still a sound investment, although the rate of economic return varies across college majors and student demographics, according to a new American Educational Research Association (AERA) analysis of 5.8 It relied on 2009–2021 data from the U.S. million Americans.

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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson

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Describing her as “a national treasure,” the National Science Board selected Jackson as its 2007 recipient of the prestigious Vannevar Bush Award for “a lifetime of achievements in scientific research, education, and senior statesman-like contributions to public policy.” Jackson holds a bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D.

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Fielding Graduate University Mourns Educational Leader

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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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Tallahassee Community College Earns Highest Distinction from Achieving the Dream

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TCC also received the Achieving the Dream Leader College of Distinction designation in 2022 and was named an Achieving the Dream Leader College in 2009. “To “To have been recognized in 2022 with their highest distinction, the Leah Meyer Austin Award, was humbling.”

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

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Similarly, the report cited research that showed that the median earnings of full-time workers with an undergrad degree in English and any graduate degree was $65,851, approximately $5,000 lower than that of all majors with a graduate degree, $70,917.

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Doctoral progress reviews: managing KPIs or developing researchers?

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Interestingly however, there is currently very little research regarding effectiveness or practice in relation to either of these aspects. Narratives were then analysed using an iterative ‘visit and revisit’ ( Srivastava and Hopwood, 2009 ) approach.