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Howard University Takes Affirmative Step, All HBCUs Need More Support

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Racial exclusion from this nation's institutions of higher education has been the norm throughout the vast history of the U.S., HBCUs were created to educate the formerly enslaved and their descendants who were prohibited from attending most institutions of higher learning in the country, but HBCUs were open to all.

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How Public Universities Can Tackle the Teacher Shortage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There’s little help on the way: The nation’s classrooms are projected to lose an average of 270,000 educators annually for the next several years, and enrollment in teacher preparation programs has plummeted. But there’s more the federal government can do. With a combined enrollment of 1.9

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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.

Drumm McNaughton discusses the misconceptions and essential roles these institutions have in their communities with Executive Director Dr. Andrew Koricich of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges, a research collaborative and resource hub that has completed the insurmountable task of defining what rural-serving institutions are.

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Leveraging PEP and EMI Data to Improve Institutional Value and Student ROI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 173 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Michael Itzkowitz

The Change Leader, Inc.

Now, there is a new analysis based on the Federal government’s College Scorecard that ranks 4,000 higher education institutions, providing prospective students with a clear and detailed view of their earning potential with specific majors, from which colleges and universities, and how quickly graduates pay off their loans.

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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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It’s time for wealthy colleges to share the wealth (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Over the last four decades, public esteem and political support for nonprofit higher education have steadily eroded. This competition yielded many benefits for higher education and the nation and was widely applauded through the 1970s. How, then, can that rivalry be curtailed in order to restore public esteem?

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How can America Encourage College Dropouts to Complete their Degrees

Edu Alliance Journal

Employers, government, and adults all believe it’s needed, and it has financial benefits for all. Yet nearly 40 million people from the age of 18-64 started higher education and did not complete one degree. Attendance at educational conferences (51%). Continuing education courses (50%). Higher Education.