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Dr. Levon Esters Appointed Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Penn State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Levon Esters will become vice provost for graduate education at Penn State and dean of its Graduate School, effective May 1, 2023. He is also director of the Mentoring@Purdue program and director of Cornell University’s Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellowship Program.

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Morgan State University Wins 2022 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education

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Morgan State University, a Historically Black university in Baltimore, has been awarded the 2022 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education: From Admission through Completion from The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and ETS.

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Postgraduate Education Leaders Release Recommendations on Strengthening Graduate Education Mentorship After Summit

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Postgraduate education leaders from 14 countries released recommendations to strengthen graduate education mentorship at the 2022 Strategic Leaders Global Summit. Ortega The summit – co-hosted by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and financially supported by ETS – took place Nov. Dr. Suzanne T.

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10 U.S. Universities Selected to Advance Systemic Change in Doctoral STEM Education

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We know that we can make graduate education in STEM better for everyone,” said Dr. Adam Falk, president of the Alfred P. The goal, according to Sloan Foundation officials, is the systemic reform of structures that disproportionately burden Black, Indigenous, and Latino individuals in graduate education. Sloan Foundation.

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Ten U.S. Universities Selected to Advance Systemic Change in Doctoral STEM Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We know that we can make graduate education in STEM better for everyone,” said Dr. Adam Falk, president of the Alfred P. The goal, according to Sloan Foundation officials, is the systemic reform of structures that disproportionately burden Black, Indigenous, and Latino individuals in graduate education. Sloan Foundation.

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DENZIL A STREETE

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Streete has been appointed senior associate dean and director of the Office of Graduate Education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. in comparative and international education from Columbia University. Streete Denzil A. Streete holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from St.

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Report Calls for Reforming Graduate School Debt and Data Collection

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It proposes a transparent analysis of graduate degree earnings potential to inform loan distribution, repayment, and potential students as they consider taking the next step in their postsecondary journey. The few doctoral degree programs studied showed that even a doctoral degree in law did not pass the debt-to-earnings threshold test.