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Dismantling Global Injustices - Dr. Brendan Skip Mark

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Clark, Binghamton University as well as so many others who have supported and helped me along the way Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Most things can wait. He had worked as a cook in restaurants since he was 15 and figured he would simply get a full-time job in the hospitality industry. “I

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Dismantling Global Injustices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Clark, Binghamton University as well as so many others who have supported and helped me along the way Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Most things can wait. He had worked as a cook in restaurants since he was 15 and figured he would simply get a full-time job in the hospitality industry. “I

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. She taught in the physics section for two years, leaving when she became immersed in her doctoral research. regrettably, the award ceremony was cancelled in 2009.

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Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“This initiative aims to strengthen the capacity of our community colleges to serve as hubs for regional Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that convene high school educators, community college faculty, and representatives from local employers and workforce agencies,” Dr. Karen Stout says in the award notification. Why healthcare?

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Making Sense of Changes to the U.S. News Rankings Methodology

Robert Kelchen

I wrote last year about things that I was watching for in the rankings industry, particularly regarding colleges no longer voluntarily providing data to U.S. News mostly moved away from the Common Data Set, but still primarily used it for the share of full-time faculty, faculty salaries, and student-to-faculty ratios.

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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“In states like Tennessee where it’s performance-based funding, even if a community college does really well in comparison to its previous year, there are still benchmarks to some extent across the state with other community colleges that can have an adverse impact on funding,” said Smith, whose research currently focuses on community colleges.

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Lieberman Expected to Lead La Verne to Next Stage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

So that we graduate students who meet the needs of employers in the industries,” Lieberman said. To accomplish the goals that the fundraising will enable, she sees it as essential that the faculty, staff and board work collaboratively on the visioning for the university. This includes creating new means for retention.