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New evidence on the challenges and consequences of precarious work for university students

SRHE

Researchers Janroj Keles , Claudio Morrison and Parisa Dashtipour surveyed students at their university to understand their work experiences, challenges, employment rights awareness, and workplace difficulties. The preliminary findings of the research are summarised in an extensive report ( Morrison, Dashtipour, and Keles, 2023 ).

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Fox Transitions From 20-Year Transformational Career

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was really to lift up, determine where investment was needed, begin to raise funds to do that. Mary Baldwin is not a wealthy institution, but Fox said she believes in the power of ideas and loves to raise money. Within two months, she had raised $15 million and the board approved the project.

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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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Six from MIT awarded 2023 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

CAPD

Soros Fellowship may contact Kim Benard, associate dean of distinguished fellowships in Career Advising and Professional Development. Born and raised in Jamaica, Edwards lived in rural St. The program recognizes the potential of immigrants to make significant contributions to U.S. Students interested in applying to the P.D.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

I’ll be developing and calling out tags I use for these themes so that you can go to an archive page on each one. J-WEL is one of many funded centers at MIT. The group started its work with some funding from J-WEL and continued on a volunteer basis afterward because they all cared about the project. The context of the paper.

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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. That’s roughly equal in size of state spending on health care and hospitals. million in federal relief funding. percent year over year. Not really.

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How to Attract and Inspire Underrepresented Students: Lessons from Lucy Cavendish College: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 152 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Madeleine Atkins

The Change Leader, Inc.

and post-doctoral research contracts at the University of Nottingham. In addition, she has served as vice chancellor at Coventry University, chief executive of the UK’s Higher Education Funding Council, and now she’s president at Lucy Cavendish. So we’re using research findings to shape that program. Very interesting.