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Transfer Students Need Support from Both Two and Four Year Institutions

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Two new reports and an online dashboard from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, are part of an ambitious effort to tell the story of transfer students. Dr. Tatiana Velasco Rodriguez, research associate at the CCRC.

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New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Brian Bridges Appointed Member of IHEP Board of Directors

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New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Brian Bridges has joined the Institute for Higher Education Policy’s (IHEP) Board of Directors. Patterson Research Institute (FDPRI), its Institute for Capacity Building (ICB); and its Career Pathways Initiative. Dr. Brian K.

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Transfer Enrollments Increased Fall 2023

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That’s according to the latest report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit studying data from a majority of postsecondary institutions in the U.S. Doug Shapiro, executive research director at the Clearinghouse, said the data is indicative of pandemic recovery. In fall of 2023, 5.3%

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Benitez Named 23rd President of Saint Peter’s University

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Benitez, who will be the university's first Hispanic president, recently served as president and chief executive officer of American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts, and has significant experience with public, private and Jesuit higher education institutions. He earned a Ph.D.

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An Invisible Population: Black Undocumented Students

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Black and undocumented students are socially and politically left out of the conversation,” said Hall, an assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio. Dr. Kayon Hall, assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio.

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The Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational (MCT) Foundation, Inc. Names 2022 MCT Scholars

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Terrell Educational Foundation by the Center for Advocacy and Philanthropy at the Educational Testing Service (ETS), the world’s largest private research and assessment organization. The program is funded through a grant provided to the Dr. Melvin C. Dr. Melvin C. Terrell The Dr. Melvin C.

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Leadership Potential

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Dominique Turner Institution: Morgan State University Graduate Program: Higher Education Administration Education: B.S., Frimpomaa Ampaw, chair of the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy in the School of Education and Urban Studies at Morgan State University. “I Dr. Lewis M.