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Howard Earns $90 Million DoD Contract, a First for an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

government took a major step towards remedying these disparities by awarding a five-year $90 million contract to create a university affiliated research center (UARC) to Howard University, one of the largest HBCUs in America. Howard had previously received a grant from the Department of Defense in 2020 of $7.5

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Why the Defense Department is poised to become HBCUs’ new best friend

University Business

Federal officials discovered that land-grant HBCUs in 16 states have been underfunded compared to their neighboring, predominantly white research universities by more than $12 billion since 1987. Secondly, the size of the Defense’s research and development budget is expected to reach $145 billion in 2024.

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Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Last month, it announced that it would move the 2024 meeting, scheduled for New Orleans, out of Louisiana because of the state’s laws restricting access to abortion and the participation of transgender people in sports. This is more than a “business decision,” said Jason P. million reported in revenue from membership dues.

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The State of EdTech: OPMs, Risk Planning, and Generative AI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 189 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Phill Hill

The Change Leader, Inc.

Phill on LinkedIn → About the Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton , host of Changing Higher Ed ® podcast, is a consultant to higher education institutions in governance, accreditation, strategy and change, and mergers. Technology, governance the same way. He is most notably recognized for writing his blog, On EdTech. Particularly in the U.

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Higher Ed Braces for Impact of Third-Party Service Regulation Expansion: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 149 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Mike Goldstein

The Change Leader, Inc.

The original rule was designed to monitor contracted companies that provide colleges and universities with services to manage various aspects of Federal Student Aid. These regulations will likely not go into effect until July 1, 2024, at the earliest. It provides grants and loans to students.

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Microcredentials

Parchment

As the inter said, I’m micro credentials program manager at University of Colorado Boulder, as well as a co founder of the annual badge summit conference that is going to be in its ninth year here in 2024 at CU Boulder. And so 2016 to 2024 is only eight years. So, we’ll go ahead and get started.

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugy of Microcredentials

Parchment

As the inter said, I’m micro credentials program manager at University of Colorado Boulder, as well as a co founder of the annual badge summit conference that is going to be in its ninth year here in 2024 at CU Boulder. And so 2016 to 2024 is only eight years. So, we’ll go ahead and get started.

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