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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In fact, this rate for English majors puts it below the unemployment rate for computer and information services majors, 2.8%, though still higher compared to a number of other majors – business, engineering, philosophy, physical science, and history. in English. “[It

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Report: Students Interested in HBCUs Have Unique Wants and Concerns

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report is based on EAB’s 2023 Student Communications Preferences survey, which was taken by over 1,000 students who indicated that they were considering an HBCU. That’s something that our students communicate,” he said. A crucial place to communicate that sense of belonging is on social media.

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Report: Students Interested in HBCUs Have Unique Wants

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report is based on EAB’s 2023 Student Communications Preferences survey, which was taken by over 1,000 students who indicated that they were considering an HBCU. That’s something that our students communicate,” he said. A crucial place to communicate that sense of belonging is on social media.

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Transforming Community Colleges for Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It then projects this inequality into labor markets, housing markets, and local school districts, guaranteeing the intergenerational transmission of race and class privilege.” MCC is introducing a new framework for leaders that will drive critical thinking, professional development, and community accountability.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He says he also looks forward to collaborating with faculty on campus to pursue and publish research on issues related to student-athletes of color. The McLendon Foundation’s leadership initiative has counted 171 minorities hired in collegiate or professional sports in careers including creative content, marketing, and facilities.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr.

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Back-and-forth over faculty agreement divisive at Maricopa

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: A debate over how to achieve pay parity between two groups of faculty members has left lingering tensions among professors in the Maricopa Community College District in Arizona. Adjuncts who work as service faculty currently make $53 per hour, and those who only teach earn $32 per hour.

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