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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Among the programs are accounting, business administration, health administration and services, finance, human resources, and marketing. In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We There are also military and metro sites throughout the U.S.

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About 370 more free college programs have erupted nationwide in 8 years

University Business

These efforts are conducive to their mission of eliminating educational gaps and expanding employment opportunities. “College Promise programs are a proven means of helping students access, persist in, and graduate from higher education. Community-based organizations are a great way to facilitate relationship development.

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President moves: Some are homegrown, others served public departments

University Business

A military thoroughbred, Shannon served in the army for over 20 years and subsequently advised the U.S. Akakpo, a veteran leader with experience across several institutions. Army officer, Georgia Tech’s current interim chief business officer and first-generation student Michael P. Department of Defense on nuclear technology.

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Can Cheating on Steroids in Colleges and Universities be Stopped?

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

For example, Australia’s Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) has changed laws and developed an Academic Integrity Toolkit  based on research conducted by scholars there. Similar work is ongoing in the U.K. Who is to Blame for Cheating? Who is to blame for the cheating crisis? What can be done to reverse course?

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Consolidating touch points for retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: One-stop services are not new to higher education. For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid.

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Oklahoma is the latest state to wage war on DEI

University Business

Oklahoma is the latest state to combat “indoctrination” in its state higher education system, requesting a detailed report from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education of all expenditures related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) made over the past 10 years. Last week, Allison D.

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Not Your Traditional Student: Changing Demographics on Campus

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

That is what the education-to-career path has traditionally looked like — but today’s typical higher education student is just as likely to be older when they enter (or return to) university, working while in school, a parent, a first-generation student — or any combination of these. by Shelley Seale. When I enrolled at St.