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Higher ed needs more grit (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

And yet, this fall the University of Utah admitted a record class of first-year students for the third year in row. Our academic medical center should provide exceptional patient care at dozens of clinics and hospitals across the state. You’ve probably been reading about the looming demise of U.S. higher education.

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12 Groundbreaking Asian Columbians You Should Know

Student Housing Works

Shinoda was the first person of Japanese ancestry to intern at Los Angeles County General Hospital and served the Little Tokyo-Nihonmachi community in Los Angeles before World War II, resuming her practice after the war. The post 12 Groundbreaking Asian Columbians You Should Know appeared first on Student Housing Works.

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The Ongoing Fight for Diversity in Higher Ed

Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

Consider the record number of black students Columbia University admitted in 1969 as part of its first affirmative action efforts. How can MSU cultivate “globally engaged citizen leaders” without diversity throughout its student body, faculty, and administration? One of them was Eric Holder, Jr.,