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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 English. “[It

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Action taken While there has been steady advancement over the past 40 years, the murder of George Floyd in 2020 has proven to be a seminal moment that has propelled student-athletes, coaches, and administrators to face issues of race and racism in college sports. They were making demands and holding administration’s feet to the fire.”

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Back-and-forth over faculty agreement divisive at Maricopa

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: A debate over how to achieve pay parity between two groups of faculty members has left lingering tensions among professors in the Maricopa Community College District in Arizona. Adjuncts who work as service faculty currently make $53 per hour, and those who only teach earn $32 per hour.

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Macro Marketing Themes for Micro Education Programs

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

With this spike in interest, the alternative education market is growing rapidly. For example, the coding bootcamp market is projected to grow 19.31% in 2022 and reach $1.2 billion in market share by 2028. How to Market Micro Programs Effectively. Include the Marketing Team Early.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr.

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The Future of Partnership Is Capacity Building 

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

Anyone who’s partnered with a marketing agency, hired a freelancer, or contracted for vendor services knows that. Later, I founded my first company to support colleges and universities that wanted to manage their students’ journeys independently, but lacked sufficient marketing knowledge and resources.

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Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“The hollowing out of administrative and professional staff, and the dismissal and erasure of colleagues, institutional experience and real community, have created a culture of fear and distrust and are harming the college. Administrative discourse often appears devoid of substance, lacks respect for previous efforts, (e.g.,