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Enhancing Traveler Safety in Education Abroad with Via Risk Alerts

Via's

Safeguarding Global Explorations: Via TRM’s Risk Alerts for Education Abroad At Via, ensuring the safety of every traveler is at the heart of what we do, especially for those leading educational journeys abroad. This feature allows professionals to react promptly and take necessary precautions to ensure traveler safety. ?

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Temple University president resigns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

He remained unable to quash students’ and parents’ fears of violence spilling onto campus from adjacent neighborhoods, despite adding campus police and providing grants to area property owners to increase public safety by installing lights and cameras. He also launched an effort to rank off-campus housing based on safety features.

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These states and cities are the most competitive for students seeking an internship

University Business

California is the most competitive state for students looking to secure an internship; city-wise, it’s New York City. Students who secured at least one internship during their time in college bucked the trend, as they were 49% less likely to be underemployed. Public safety – 4.56 Government administration – 26.12

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Student journalists sue district over record requests

Confessions of a Community College Dean

District officials say they comply with the law and do their best to handle the administrative burden of repeated requests. “This is a public, taxpayer-funded institution … Part of the role of journalism is to hold government accountable, and we can’t do that if there isn’t transparency.”

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Staffing Does Stanford have more administrators than undergrads? Which university receives more taxpayer dollars from the federal government per student?” “There’s a lot of graduate education and a lot of research, and that’s where a lot of the staff and administrators are.” Former U.S.

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One Year Later, HBCU Advocates Call for Justice for Bomb Threats

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Department of Homeland Security's Office of State and Local Law Enforcement partnered with HBCUs North Carolina A&T, Benedict College, Southern University and A&M College, and Florida A&M University in its first K9 Bomb Detection Adoption Program. It started just after the turn of the new year. had received bomb threats.

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Reflections of the Career of a University Expatriate

Edu Alliance Journal

Those initial 2-3 years ended up stretching to 38 ½ years before I retired in March 2021, covering six countries and territories and incorporating a move from faculty to academic administration. . To some extent, this is inevitable when, say, a faculty member assumes administrative responsibilities. Flexibility is valued.