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Report Provides Frank Data on Black PhD Holders in STEM Fields

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sloan Foundation and RTI International have engaged in a study of Black and Hispanic individuals who have achieved PhD degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. Those institutions don’t receive as much research funding from the federal government. Over the past year, the Alfred P.

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Proponents see value in Biden's free community college plan

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The Biden administration’s $90 billion plan to provide free community college likely won’t make it through Congress, but supporters of the effort say the request shows it’s a priority for the administration and helps to continue the national conversation about the policy.

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More money for Pell Grants, research in federal budget

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Department of Education is receiving nearly $4 billion more in discretionary funds, although the Biden administration had requested $13 billion more. “Our students and our colleges are facing increased costs and challenges with enrollment in most places, and they rely upon the federal government for support.”

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Teachers as Transformers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Contributing to higher education’s democratization was the federal government’s mounting role, funding university research and subsidizing attendance through federally-financed grants and loans. Also, campuses became, increasingly, political and ideological battlegrounds.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students. These legislative actions have been perceived as direct attacks on academic freedom, faculty rights, and the sanctity of tenure.

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Beyond ideological debates, a focus on process (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

From a macro perspective, higher education oversight operates as a three-legged stool held up by the states, the federal government and accrediting agencies, collectively known as the triad, all charged with protecting the interests of students, taxpayers and the public.

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Why Study in Germany – Universities, Admission, Tuition Fees, Post-study Work Permit and Work Opportunities

Buddy4Study

in Aerospace Engineering. in Civil Engineering. Engineering sciences, natural sciences, the humanities, and social sciences make up the scope of subjects covered by KIT. in Mechanical Engineering. in General Mechanical Engineering. in Biomedical Engineering. in Metallurgical Engineering. in Biology.