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Dr. Condoleezza Rice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From January 2005-2009, Rice served as the 66th secretary of state of the United States, the second woman and first African-American woman to hold the post. Bush’s national security adviser from January 2001-2005, the first woman to hold the position. from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver.

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An impossible task points to value of liberal arts (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

’” As a chemistry professor at a small liberal arts college, I was immediately intrigued and eagerly climbed into this rabbit hole, because in my courses on general chemistry, there are many concepts that would never occur to my students, even after several lectures and homework assignments.

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Advocating for Student Preparedness with the Implementation of a Pre-Course 

Faculty Focus

Ensuring a successful educational experience for our students is akin to the art of culinary development, where thoughtful preparation is fundamental. 2008; 2006; Collins and Foote, 2005; Laakkonen and Nevgi, 2014). 2008; 2006; Collins and Foote, 2005; Laakkonen and Nevgi, 2014).

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Clark University had been a neighbor to Becker for nearly 135 years. In August 2021, the BSDT began its first semester as part of Clark University, with classes held in two leased buildings on the former site of the Becker College campus. It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass.,

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Patty Limerick speaks out on her dismissal from her center

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Patty Limerick, co-founder and longtime faculty director of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Center of the American West, says her firing last week continues to shock her, especially as she had been planning to step down soon anyway. He referred questions Tuesday to a university spokesperson.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the time, Darling-Hammond was an endowed professor at Columbia University, Teachers College. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University, where she founded the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. Tate IV, the current president of Louisiana State University. Dr. Carol D.

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Can a ‘degree’ hold its value?

HEPI

This long read was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. From the inherent right to grant degrees to requiring permission The power to permit the award of degrees began as an inherent right of the first English universities.

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