Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 9, 2024

“Like many Californians, we wanted real answers about how long it takes students in this income category to recoup their educational costs,” said College Futures Foundation President & CEO Eloy Ortiz Oakley, former Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Fall transfer enrollment remains in decline in 2022, albeit at a slower rate than before, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Doug Shapiro, vice president of research and executive director of the NSC Research Center. So this is very concerning."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2024

Charles Ansell, vice president for research, policy and advocacy at CCA, said that different states have different funding models, many of which are not working. Anyone, especially in the community college sector, would agree that funding is a gathering storm,” said Dr. Larry Hlavenka Jr.,

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 23, 2024

specialities among graduates in the computer science, computer engineering and information fields, a new report finds. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are the most popular Ph.D.

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University Business

MAY 18, 2023

The hallmark of America’s colleges and universities is its technological advancements in medicine and the sciences, fueled by its shrewd dedication to research. Depending on the project, colleges and universities can pair with research centers, government agencies, and multinational corporations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While working at AT&T as an engineer, she joined the company’s group for Hispanic employees and was asked to go speak to a class of middle school students in Newark, New Jersey. It’s six to eight sessions spread out over the academic year in which topics like navigating college and getting an internship are explored.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 14, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Tracy Hookway, assistant professor in the biomedical engineering department at Binghamton University, examines how research could help us understand our hearts better.

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CAPD

APRIL 25, 2024

As a PhD student in the MIT Department of Biological Engineering, Al Masri conducts research in the Irvine and Wittrup labs to employ engineering strategies for localized immune targeting of cancers. Vasconcelos graduated from MIT in 2020 with a BS in electrical engineering, computer science, and physics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

This year, Excelencia also examined three specific areas of industry projected to grow by roughly 10% by 2031: STEM (statistics, technology, engineering and mathematics), healthcare, and educational professions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 15, 2023

University of Washington postdoctoral researchers and research scientists and engineers announced Thursday that they have paused their strike after reaching tentative agreements with the institution that would grant significant raises, among other things. The strike began June 7.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Image: After more than two years of declining enrollment numbers, fall 2022 finally brought refreshing news: freshman enrollment, which represented the most significant deficits throughout the pandemic, is up from the previous year, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. and 2 percent.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 31, 2023

Community colleges, also known as junior colleges These are 2-year institutions that offer Associates degrees in a wide variety of academic disciplines. Community colleges also offer technical and vocational training. Engineering. How difficult is it to apply to US universities from Brazil?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 19, 2023

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology received research misconduct allegations against Ram Sasisekharan in 2019. This spring, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finally announced it had exonerated Ram Sasisekharan, a biological engineering professor, after a three-and-a-half-year research misconduct investigation.

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University Business

JULY 27, 2023

National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s 2023 Persistence and Retention report concludes that first-year students in fall 2021 had a 75.7% pp recovery from the suppressed persistence level of those who started in fall 2020 means nearly 22,000 more students are still in college today.” since 2012.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 8, 2023

His first concern is the potential for a diminution of status among elite institutions, brought on by universities prioritizing labor force-friendly majors such as computer science and engineering over the humanities and social sciences. Nor does he write about the inadequate investment in community colleges at every level of government.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Image: At New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, the seven-year-old Vertically Integrated Projects program has grown from five teams to almost 50, involving hundreds of students each semester. The VIP solves three common problems in undergraduate research: It disrupts disciplinary siloes.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

These colleges and their certification advocates argue that certification not only readily equips students with the real-world skills to transition successfully to their first job post but also addresses many of the equity concerns colleges face by validating the idea that all forms of learning are valued, including forms of skilled labor.

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University Business

APRIL 15, 2024

Researchers analyzed self-reported survey responses from state agency staff and two- and four-year graduates and performed extensive reviews of publicly available information for the report. Alabama, Rhode Island, Utah, and West Virginia provided the most opportunities. Alaska, Montana, and New Hampshire did the worst.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 6, 2023

Establishing a Substrate Historically, Michigan’s transfer infrastructure rested on individual articulation agreements between its constitutionally autonomous community and tribal colleges, public universities, and independent colleges and universities, creating a patchwork of arrangements that varied widely from region to region.

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University Business

APRIL 19, 2024

Stephenson is currently the president of Northwest Florida State College, a community college. A tenured community college leader, Stephenson has 15 years of experience serving institutions across Alabama, Missouri and Kentucky, Tampa Bay Times reports. The former engineer proved a natural as president.

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eLiterate

DECEMBER 1, 2022

For example, the Institute for International Education (IEE) reports that community colleges are potentially missing an opportunity to boost their international enrollments by focusing on retention of those students. Community College international student sources, from IEE.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 8, 2023

Drumm McNaughton speaks with Dr. Marielena DeSanctis, president of the Community College of Denver, who shares some of the solutions she was able to identify based on her unique understanding of higher ed. She started her education career in K-12 and moved to community college leadership. Dr. DeSanctis is unique.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Christina Yu, assistant professor of operations research and information engineering at Cornell University, explores how to make sure we’re drawing the right conclusions when we use data to make decisions.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Hired Morakinyo Kuti – Central State University (Ohio) Central State University has found its 10th president in Morakinyo Kuti, the HBCU’s current vice president for Research and Economic Development and director of Land-Grant Programs. Additionally, he’s secured funding from the U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 18, 2023

But growth in doctorates awarded is not uniform across areas of study: education and humanities disciplines are experiencing a decline in doctorates awarded, while the number of engineering and agricultural science doctorates grew by more than 30 percent over 10 years. Olejniczak is director of Academic Analytics Research Center.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 27, 2023

I have the benefit of leading a flagship research university in a growing Western state, with low unemployment , a booming economy , a young population and a persistently high birth rate. We’re still enrolling third-, fourth- and fifth-generation college students (the ones with 10 Advanced Placement classes on their transcripts, 4.0-plus

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

Women majoring in science, technology, engineering and math fields are subjected to sexual violence at higher rates than their non-STEM counterparts, a new Georgia State University study suggests. Nevertheless, further research is needed to understand why this pattern exists, the researchers said. institutions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 17, 2023

Being a community college student is challenging … You’re juggling work schedules and childcare schedules and arranging your life so that you can be in school. And doing all of that when it feels like the college, the administration, isn’t on your side, why would anyone bother? “That was heartbreaking.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The contributions went mostly to restricted endowments, primarily to fund scholarships, and to “operations with restrictions on use”—usually research projects. ” Community Colleges Still Lagging While giving in general was up 12.5 Together, those areas accounted for nearly 80 percent of total giving.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 17, 2023

So in this era of unprecedented research volume , breakthroughs should be increasingly common, right? The idea was to analyze citations and texts to understand whether research and patents “forge new directions” over time and across fields. million U.S. Patent and Trademark Office patents from 1976 to 2010.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Blog: Call to Action: Marketing and Communications in Higher Education Can artificial intelligence technology help you research content ideas? How about a blog post on a complex research breakthrough, a compelling profile of a donor or engaging stories about successful alumni? Develop copy for a news release or marketing email?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 10, 2023

That despite a quarter century of intensive efforts to raise college graduation rates, rates remain distressingly low for Black and Hispanic students, older students, part-time students, and community college students. We need to redesign and give greater precedence to faculty development and instructional support.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 26, 2023

Brown, despite having this country’s oldest applied mathematics program and the Ivy League’s oldest engineering program, isn’t in the Top 30, and Dartmouth isn’t among the Top 50 US and Canadian universities. Contributing to this ethos is an engineering, hands-on mind-set.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

women in engineering) or challenges faced by specific populations served at the institution to which they are applying (e.g., an historically Black college). Or are you asking about how they address equity issues in their research? A good job candidate will be aware of the research on how they can do their job effectively.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 25, 2023

Researchers found gender bias after analyzing Clemson University student evaluations of 1,885 tenure-track and non-tenure-track educators from academic year 2018–19. “In the male-dominated department condition, there was a significant two-way interaction between gender and course-level,” the researchers wrote.

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EAB

MAY 22, 2023

In addition to the technology, Edify partners can expand their team’s capacity using professional service hours which leverage EAB’s skills and expertise, like data science and data engineering. Accelerators are designed to help leaders answer a common set of institutional questions.

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