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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

UMGC has agreements with all 16 community colleges in Maryland, says Dr. Pam Carter, vice president and dean of the School of Business, which offers seven undergraduate degree programs and 10 stand-alone certificates. Two recent MBA graduates became presidential management fellows, three-year positions with the federal government.

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Academic freedom policies should mean something (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Academic freedom policies and standards, such as those adopted by public colleges and universities in Florida, provide a compelling basis for courts not to apply the Garcetti standard to public higher education faculty. In fact, this argument has already been extended to Florida institutions.

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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

In addition, RSIs receive fewer donations and competitive federal grants because reviewers from federal agencies don’t understand them. Systems or legislatures usually choose to close or merge RSIs because they carry less political weight and serve fewer students even though fewer people are in their community.

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One Fascism or Two?: The Reemergence of "Fascism(s)" in US Higher Education

Higher Education Inquirer

The federal government (Department of Defense, CIA) and US corporations (particularly federal contractors) have also held great importance in the direction of higher education, servicing their most oppressive anti-democratic, colonial elements. Boards, Endowments, Contracts) Role of Elite Families in Higher Education (e.g.