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Q&A With Michelle Blesi, Author of Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Competencies

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 6 minutes Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background (current title, professional milestones, professional history, education, research works, hobbies, etc.) Changing my focus to leadership, I then worked as a lead in the nursing/lab departments and as a Clinical Manager, prior to switching careers.

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Howard Earns $90 Million DoD Contract, a First for an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to Toldson, HBCUs have a long and unjust history of being overlooked for research and military contracts due to systemic biases in the awards process. The Howard contract is the result of a conscious effort by the Department of Defense to address these disparities. One focus will be on trust of autonomous systems by humans.

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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The institution has a storied history. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D.

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ELICOS facing highest visa rejection rate ever

The PIE News

“The data shows conclusively that the rejections are the highest since records began in 2005 in terms of both proportion and the number of applicants being rejected,” Aird continued. In 2019, English Australia members recorded some 140,645 enrolments. So, it’s chaos.” Either way, it’s not ideal.”

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Banks chronicled the history of Black AERA leadership in a March 2016 article, titled “Expanding the Epistemological Terrain: Increasing Equity and Diversity Within the American Educational Research Association,” that appeared in the journal Educational Researcher. Tate IV, the current president of Louisiana State University. Dr. Carol D.

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Patty Limerick speaks out on her dismissal from her center

Inside Higher Ed

Limerick,” Chris Whitney, the board’s vice chair and brand commissioner for the state of Colorado’s Department of Agriculture, wrote to Glen Krutz, CU Boulder’s dean of arts and sciences. This does not affect Limerick’s tenured position as professor of history or her ability to conduct research."

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

which traced its history to the union of Leicester Academy, founded in 1784, and the Becker Business College, which opened in 1887. It also was a serious loss for the Worcester region because of Becker College’s long and impactful history in the area and the prominence of several academic programs. Is this diversity newsletter?: