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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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20 Innovative Mental Health Awareness Month Activities for Students

Experiential Learning Depot

Although mental health awareness can be addressed any month of the year, this is as good a time as any for students to not only learn about mental health but also to play an active role in raising awareness and reducing the stigma. That's the beauty of project-based learning. Get Started with PBL!

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The consequence: the richest institutions can fully fund the education of lower-income students, while the vast majority of working-class and lower-middle-class undergraduates must take out loans to pay for their education. Swensen, taking advantage of alternate assets, including hedge funds, private equity and natural resources.

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The Power of Relationships in Undergraduate Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A Gallup and Purdue poll of 30,000 college grads from 2014 found that students who had a rich, robust relationship with a faculty member were twice as likely as peer graduates to report high levels of well-being. Recognize and reward faculty and staff who do an exceptional job of mentoring and supporting undergraduates.

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The Forces That Are Shaping the Future of Higher Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It’s these long-term developments, processes and trends, which take place under the surface, that even the most powerful politicians or institutions must respond to. million in federal relief funding. In fiscal 2022, total state support for higher education increased by 8.5 percent year over year. Not really.

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College 2023

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The $64,000 question is how institutions can do all these things as well as their existing functions (like research and graduate and professional education) without pricing themselves out of business. Public and foundation funding should better align with student needs. Issue 3: Student learning and employment outcomes.

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Survey Highlights What Matters Most to Adult Learners

EAB

The two review what we learned about the motivations and preferences of adult learners, and about how they research programs and colleges they might attend. At our core, we are a research firm and this survey represents our research team's latest findings for graduate and adult learners. BD: Thanks, Todd.