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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In fact, this rate for English majors puts it below the unemployment rate for computer and information services majors, 2.8%, though still higher compared to a number of other majors – business, engineering, philosophy, physical science, and history. in philosophy.

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3 Questions KSU’s Laurel Littrell on How Academic Library Budgets Really Work

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Almost all of the materials budgets are tied up in subscriptions and access fees for online resources, often with multi-year contracts with vendors that provide these services. Students, instructors, and researchers depend on these resources–losing them can be quite traumatic, and people become understandably angry about these losses.

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The Dos and Don’ts of Leveraging University Traditions in Your Annual Giving Strategy

EAB

Miami has seen significant success in their annual giving on this day, seeing a 171% increase in undergraduate alumni giving since 2013. Emphasize the impact alumni can make at your institution by highlighting key support areas such as groundbreaking research, inclusive community spaces, or new academic programs.

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SRHE News at 50: Looking back…

SRHE

The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 aimed to enshrine the market with students as customers, and established the Office for Students. Two Research Excellence Framework exercises continued the remorseless evidence-defying concentration of research funding. This is not paradox but consistency.

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Opening International Branches of US-Based Higher Ed Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 153 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Olgun Cicek

The Change Leader, Inc.

Although many other countries compete in this market, an increasing number of international students who can’t travel to the US would like to attend the same prestigious institutions at home. During this time abroad, he received the title of Associate Professor in Dubai in 2005 and Full Professor in the TRNC in 2013.

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Tough Times Ahead for Higher Education Enrollment: Changing Higher Ed Podcast with Host Drumm McNaughton and Guests Bob Massa and Bill Conley

The Change Leader, Inc.

This gap, exacerbated by widespread discounting practices, underscores the need for greater transparency in communicating the true costs and financial aid options to prospective students. This may involve re-evaluating institutional missions and embracing more flexible, career-focused educational models. The story really is the net price.

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How to Attract and Inspire Underrepresented Students: Lessons from Lucy Cavendish College: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 152 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Madeleine Atkins

The Change Leader, Inc.

Bridging Week also provides additional networking opportunities and helps communicate where certain places are on campus so they can feel empowered to make their university work for them. and post-doctoral research contracts at the University of Nottingham. and post-doctoral research contracts at the University of Nottingham.