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New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Brian Bridges Appointed Member of IHEP Board of Directors

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Brian Bridges has joined the Institute for Higher Education Policy’s (IHEP) Board of Directors. Patterson Research Institute (FDPRI), its Institute for Capacity Building (ICB); and its Career Pathways Initiative. Dr. Brian K.

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Webinar: How to Build Culturally Validating and Affirming Relationships Between Educators and Students

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Victoria McCall The webinar gave a platform to Victoria McCall, director of eLearning at The Center for Black Educator Development, to provide ample advice and instruction on how educators can better forge strong and positive relationships with the people they serve. Educators will do well to also consider students’ parents, he added.

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Transfer Students Need Support from Both Two and Four Year Institutions

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Two new reports and an online dashboard from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, are part of an ambitious effort to tell the story of transfer students. Dr. Tatiana Velasco Rodriguez, research associate at the CCRC.

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The Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational (MCT) Foundation, Inc. Names 2022 MCT Scholars

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Terrell (MCT) Educational Foundation, Inc. has announced the 2022 cohort of MCT Scholars, recognizing 10 first-year graduate students in higher education or student affairs students at six institutions. The Dr. Melvin C. The program is funded through a grant provided to the Dr. Melvin C. Dr. Melvin C. Terrell The Dr. Melvin C.

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Transfer Enrollments Increased Fall 2023

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That’s according to the latest report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit studying data from a majority of postsecondary institutions in the U.S. Doug Shapiro, executive research director at the Clearinghouse, said the data is indicative of pandemic recovery. In fall of 2023, 5.3%

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Benitez Named 23rd President of Saint Peter’s University

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As a person spiritually rooted in the Catholic faith, with personal values that align with those of Jesuit education and traditions, I feel blessed to be returning to Jesuit higher education and joining the Saint Peter’s community. in higher education administration from Saint Louis University.

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UNCF Summit for Black Higher Education: Hit the Target!

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Having spent more than a half-century as a faculty member, administrator, and advocate in higher education, I lost count a long time ago of the number of meetings I have attended, as well as the number of speeches and presentations I’ve made, all of which I gifted to the Indiana University Archives.