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Biomedicine Student's Ambition Intersects with Passion, Purpose

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

How we can keep people moving as they age is a challenge on a societal level,” said Dr. Melissa Bostrom, assistant dean for graduate student professional development at Duke University. He has also been a peer mentor in the Sloan Scholar program, helping students in different departments and cohorts connect with each other.

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5 Lifetime Benefits of Joining a Women’s Community

Campus Groups

Higher education institutions provide women with a platform for advancing equity for female students. Further, student clubs and organizations provide women with opportunities to influence life on campus. It was built as a support system for women in higher education. Request a demo.

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The Power of Recognizing Higher Ed Faculty as Working-Class (Helena Worthen*)

Higher Education Inquirer

Nearly 75% of faculty in higher education are precarious workers, more like restaurant and hospitality workers, gig performers, contract healthcare workers, and delivery drivers than the tenured professor. All this degraded the institution of higher education, and not just for the contingent majority.

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