Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

When it comes to nursing and nursing education, Dr. Tiffany D. Morris has seen and done almost everything over her 30-year career. When some might consider slowing down, Morris is steady going. She recently accepted a new position as director of nursing and the Clara Adams Ender Endowed Associate Professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a public historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Greensboro, N.C.

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Great College Advice

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

How will you write your Common App essay about a belief or idea? The Common Application prompts give you a chance to answer an interesting question, tell an important or revealing anecdote, and reflect on the ways in which the anecdote reveals something about your character, your beliefs, your values, or your personal priorities. This prompt, especially, focuses on the beliefs that are fundamental to who you are.

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Ray Schroeder

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

UF President Ben Sasse described an early framework of UF’s new strategic plan in faculty-only presentations across UF’s colleges last week. The presentation was summarized by attendees who spoke anonymously to The Alligator because they feared repercussions from disclosing details of the president's remarks. Sasse discussed adjusting student tuition costs, reducing the total number of academic departments, eliminating "quiet-retired" faculty and restructuring the delivery of education, a profes

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Great College Advice

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

One of the most important factors students think about when deciding which colleges to apply to: where is the best college food? Clearly, this is a very important aspect of your life on campus, and it pays to fully understand your dining options. This post will offer helpful information about how to think about campus catering, and what sorts of questions you should be asking as you investigate the culinary possibilities.

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Ray Schroeder

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

The longest strike by University of Michigan graduate student instructors is over. The strike ended Friday, three days before UM's 2023-24 school year begins on Monday after 97% of the university's Graduate Employees Organization union, which represents 2,300 graduate student instructors and graduate assistants, voted over three days to ratify a new, three-year contract.

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Great College Advice

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

When you go on college tour, a bulk of the information the tour guide discusses is about student life. The admissions officer will likely talk about ways to get involved, clubs to join, sporting events to attend, and other resources for staying active on campus. What about academics? Often students wonder, “may I sit in on a college class?” May I sit in on a college class?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

A graduate student shooting his professor is not model minority behavior. But given the proliferation of gun violence in America, maybe it is. Tailei Qi, 34, a graduate student from China attending the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, was charged with first degree murder in the killing of his advisor Zijie Yan, an associate professor in applied physical sciences at the school.

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