Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

Duane Watson Duane Watson has been named associate provost for faculty development at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Princeton University in New Jersey and a Ph.D. Watson serves as the Frank W. Mayborn Professor and professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

The University of Chicago is partnering with U.S. research universities for an initiative to improve diversity and inclusion in higher education. Lee The initiative comes from university consortium Ivy+ Faculty Advancement Network (FAN), of which UChicago is the host institution. Dr. Ka Yee C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Green feels “fortunate and blessed” that her work at the Educational Testing Service (ETS), is helping to turn their dreams of higher education into reality. Today, Green, who began her career at ETS in Princeton, N.J., Green holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish language and literature from Rutgers University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2023

The statue of John Witherspoon at Princeton The highest profile controversy is at Princeton University, over a prominent statue of John Witherspoon, the school’s sixth president. Witherspoon is a critical figure in Princeton’s history, often credited with saving the then-College of New Jersey from financial ruin.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Eighteen students from across the nation were awarded scholarships by ETS at its annual scholarship reception on the ETS campus in Princeton, N.J. Equal access to education is the key that unlocks the American Dream. It is how we progress as a society,” said ETS CEO Amit Sevak, who presented the scholarships to the students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Rutgers University-Newark chancellor and social psychologist Dr. Nancy E. Cantor will soon embark on a new journey to lead Hunter College, the largest college in the City University of New York (CUNY) system. Growing up in New York City, Cantor said that she always felt connected to the City University of New York.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 15, 2023

Scott-Johnson Scott-Johnson, is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Monmouth University. She has served on the board of directors of the American Psychological Association, and as a member of the Council of College of Arts and Sciences and the American Association of Colleges and Universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 8, 2023

McBride will become the inaugural Gerald Early Distinguished Professor at Washington University in St. Previously, he was provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Emory University. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It was the latest on a long list of accomplishments in Simmons’ career as one of the nation’s most prominent Black women in higher education. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University — one may get the sense that Simmons has not only wanted success and greatness for herself but for everybody. Education is important.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Enrollment wasn’t the only significant metric to bounce back in higher education in 2023. gain, according to the latest report by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund (NACUBO-Commonfund). Among the 20 wealthiest universities, the median endowment was a crisp $17.1

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The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2023

Students at Princeton describe unease that Exxon employee had an office on campus, while dozens of universities have big oil links The lecturer looked, and sounded, the part. Continue reading.

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University Business

MARCH 16, 2023

A recent report by The Princeton Review considered the perspectives of 12,225 people—with a 72/28% split between student and parent respondents—to understand what colleges they’re interested in and why they’re motivated to apply. Princeton University (NJ) 2. Stanford University (CA) 2. New York University 4.

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University Business

JANUARY 18, 2023

ChatGPT, an AI general-purpose chatbot, is taking the education world by storm. Many educators, however, worry that the software enables students to cruise through their coursework and let the AI seamlessly write their essays for them. How educators feel. Respondents’ thoughts about ChatGPT in education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 8, 2023

Susan Resneck Pierce explores this growing threat to higher education and how presidential searches must change in response. Bowen, the former president of Princeton University and the Andrew W. In a letter to the late William G.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

chair of the Department of African American Studies (AAS) at Princeton University, will be stepping down from the role, The Daily Princetonian reported. More from Diverse Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

But Dr. Ajhanai Keaton, an assistant professor in the Department of Health and Sport Sciences at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, says that, while the NCAA’s policy has good intentions, there are no clear repercussions for athletic departments that do not include DEI programs. “All

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 29, 2023

Great College Counseling for International Students The United States remains a primary higher education destination for students from around the world. Many American public and private universities rank among the best in the world. In some cases only 10-15% of matriculants to top US universities come from outside the United States.

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University Business

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Cornell and Harvard University, two of the most prestigious Ivy Leagues in the country are leading institutions when it comes to bringing in students from around the nation. Building a diverse student body is one of the most dominant missions for higher education institutions, and Ivy Leagues are no exception. California. Connecticut.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

In June, as the nation’s highest court handed down a predictable and yet devastating ruling striking down the use of affirmative action in college admissions, the Center for Journalism & Democracy announced its inaugural Visiting Professorship for Investigative or Data Journalism at Howard University. Here is why this matters.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

has long maintained dominance of the higher education space, but Times Higher Education’s international rankings last year showed that other countries like China and the U.K. THE considered over 38,000 academics from 166 countries and regions on their opinions of the world’s leading universities. remain so dominant?”

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University Business

JANUARY 5, 2024

The president of Thomas Jefferson University was the best-paid private college president in the country, making a total of more than $8.4 million in 2020, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. With an acceptance rate of 87%, Thomas Jefferson University is ranked No. appeared first on University Business.

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University Business

OCTOBER 4, 2023

If you were to look at the top 10 list on Times Higher Education’s international university ranking in a vacuum, you’d be welcomed by another year of U.S. universities setting the world standard. higher education as a whole. universities has fallen 52 spots to 348. university rankings?

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A degree from a university on this last can add over $94,000 on top of the $61,600 median salary earned by a 25-34-year-old in 2021. Five Ivy League schools made this list, while only one public university (Missouri University of Science and Technology) clawed onto it. 11,080 $82,433 6 months Columbia University (N.Y.)

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

JUNE 8, 2023

Responses of Colleges Some educators, however, see ChatGPT as an opportunity, not a threat. While grading essays for his world religions course last month, Antony Aumann, a professor of philosophy at Northern Michigan University, read what he said was easily “the best paper in the class.” A red flag instantly went up.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 1, 2023

At these private, elite universities, alumni represent a huge chunk of the donors who regularly and generously give to the college. Other universities have a low yield rate: lots of kids apply but few really want to go there. In addition, legacy admissions is a sort of business strategy. We might also want to keep some perspective.

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University Business

JANUARY 26, 2023

And your chances of admission at Columbia and Princeton? Meanwhile the number of applicants to the eight elite schools – Brown, Columbia, Cornell University, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, UPenn and Yale – continues to rise. In 2022 they were 3.7% and 4% respectively, compared to 7.4% ten years ago. Read more on Forbes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Supreme Court recently ruled that race could not be used in determining admissions at colleges and universities. Rather than discuss how to balance those values, I offer observations about the ruling’s implications and an alternative approach to improve educational opportunities for those from historically disadvantaged groups.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 8, 2023

Image: The fluffiest member of Western New England University’s campus police force, Bear, is a 9-month-old golden retriever who loves belly rubs, ice cubes, treats and comforting students in a crisis. Princeton’s pup is the product of Puppies Behind Bars , a similar program. and 11 p.m.

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University Business

JANUARY 2, 2024

A report from the Princeton Review last March underscores these values, finding that college applicants are increasingly interested in applying to institutions that provide the best career preparation rather than those with the best academic reputation. . Greenville County Schools (S.C.) Greenville County Schools (S.C.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

At the University of Richmond, we have responded to these demands by developing programming in data analytics, data science and computational research. at highly competitive graduate training programs at Berkeley, MIT, Chicago, Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton, Penn, Cornell, Columbia, etc. Dr. Carol Parish is the Floyd D. and Elisabeth S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 3, 2023

Martha Coven, author of Writing on the Job: Best Practices for Communicating in the Digital Age (Princeton University Press, 2022), spoke on this topic at the recent conference on general education, pedagogy and assessment organized by the American Association of Colleges and Universities.

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University Business

JANUARY 10, 2024

How Campus supports its staff Goldsmith is also an adjunct professor for the University of Maryland’s Robert H. On its roster are academics from Vanderbilt University, Princeton University, and New York University, among others. Smith School of Business.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Ask yourself: Would the $20 million gift that Bloomberg Philanthropies gave to Princeton in 2021 to support the university’s first-generation and low-income students have a greater impact at Tougaloo College, an HBCU with a $10 million endowment? Kimball and Sarah M. The top 3 percent holds 80 percent.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

But can these race-neutral means allow colleges and universities to maintain their current levels of diversity? Another factor is that, because of structural racism, white families often have educational advantages that Black families do not enjoy, even if they have the same net worth. He worked on the study.

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 16, 2024

However, there is a lot of misunderstanding out there in the higher education marketplace. In order to dispel the confusion, we need to talk about the difference between a liberal arts college and a liberal arts education. What is a Liberal Arts education? Some Ivies had their affiliated women’s colleges (e.g.,

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College for Creative Study

MAY 23, 2023

The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes CCS graduates who best exemplify what it means to be a creative leader through outstanding professional or artistic achievements, exceptional leadership in their community, a dedication to service and a commitment to the advancement of arts education.

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University Business

JUNE 23, 2023

Money Magazine has revamped its college ranking system into a star-tier list , and with it, it has named 34 colleges and universities to its five-star category. Quality of education (weighed 30%): graduation rates, Pell Grant recipient outcomes, peer quality, student-to-faculty ratio, etc. 6% $85,400 $25,800 94% Duke University (N.C.)

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