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The University of Iowa Offers Day-Long “Grandparents University” Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The event will feature courses such as “Back in My Day: An Exploration of the Past and the Future at the Library”; “Earthquakes and Engineering Challenge”; “Looking Back and Forging Ahead: The UI Campus its Architecture and its History”; and “Introduction to Falconry.” The day will run from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Dorothea Dix Park Comfort Station Competition – Clark Nexsen Combustion Chamber

Clark Nesxen

Clark Nexsen’s Combustion Chamber serves as a vehicle to fuel experimentation and discovery within the professional realm of architectural design. Contributors Shann Rushing , AIA, LEED AP, is a principal at Clark Nexsen with more than 20 years of experience focused on higher education and civic design.

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Ambow Education Facing Financial Collapse (Dahn Shaulis and Glen McGhee*)

Higher Education Inquirer

Ambow also claims to have patents in a variety of edtech areas, including educational surveillance. * In 2017 and 2020, Ambow ventured into US for-profit colleges, acquiring Bay State College (BSC) in Boston and NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) in San Diego. This includes the sharing of key executives.

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The Impact of NC State’s College of Design – Celebrating 75 Years

Clark Nesxen

Library, SAS Hall, Fitts-Woolard Hall We are proud to celebrate our longstanding relationship and the 75th anniversary of North Carolina State University’s College of Design. Library (background) The post The Impact of NC State’s College of Design – Celebrating 75 Years appeared first on Clark Nexsen.

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4 Reasons College Campus Visits Are a Waste of Time & Money

Great College Advice

There were certain must-see items (the Tower Room in Baker Library), and there were certain spots that were emphatically not included on the tour (Fraternity Row and the ugly dorms of the Choates and the River Cluster). Or they may passively observe “real” students in the dining halls or libraries. But interact?

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Landscapes of learning for unknown futures: presenter responses to audience questions

SRHE

by Brett Bligh, Sue Beckingham, Lesley Gourlay, and Julianne K Viola SRHE’s ‘Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: prospects for space in higher education’ symposium series, delivered with Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson, aims to foster continuous dialogue around learning spaces.

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Boost Higher Ed Enrollment and Graduation Rates – The Power of Student Support and Belonging: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 148 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Elliot Felix

The Change Leader, Inc.

In stark contrast to prevailing trends in higher education, colleges and universities have or are boosting their enrollment, retention, and graduation rates by improving their students’ sense of belonging, student support services, student-faculty relationships, and career readiness programs. What we would do was write design briefs.