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Report: National Six-Year College Completion Rates Stalling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NSC’s researchers found that, on a national level, the six-year completion rate for students who began college in Fall 2017 was 62.2%, the same as those who began in Fall 2015. Older college students – those older than age 24 – seem to be finishing college at gradually higher rates, now at 52% from 2015’s 50.5%. million students.

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Jones Cultivates Inaugural Role in Faculty Development at Brown

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The author of Medicine and Ethics in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction (2015), her interdisciplinary research in the field of the medical humanities engages literary, historical, philosophical, and ethical explorations of black women’s health and medicine. Jones is also an associate professor of Africana Studies.

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Lilly Endowment Awards $100M Grant to United Negro College Fund

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It follows a $50 million grant from Lilly Endowment in 2015 that enabled UNCF to launch the Career Pathways Initiative to help enhance career outcomes for students. The grant is the largest unrestricted private grant UNCF has ever received, according to UNCF President and CEO Dr. Michael L.

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Hope College Athletics: 2015-16

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In recognition of athletic events, Ben Lemmen, 2014 Hope College graduate, directed and produced a highlight video called Hope College Athletics 2015-16. The post Hope College Athletics: 2015-16 appeared first on Life at Hope College. In the other words, here is what it means to be a Flying Dutchman! Credit to Ben Lemmen.

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Wayne State to Collaborate on $75M Department of Energy Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He said the plan will lead to a six-week summer internship program for high school students and leverage the “Mobile Energy Lab” program he founded in 2015 at Wayne State to engage Detroit middle schoolers. “By

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Princeton African American Studies Chair Dr. Eddie Glaude to Step Down

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Glaude has been chair since AAS , originally a certificate program, became a department in 2015. With this move, he said he would be staying at Princeton and returning to full-time research and other responsibilities, such as “trying to help the nation imagine itself differently when it comes to race matters.”

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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

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Parnell has been with the organization since 2015 and will bring deep industry and organizational knowledge to her new role. “As president, I look forward to strengthening relationships across the industry, promoting the value and impact of student affairs for key audiences, and pursuing strategies that enhance the college student experience.”