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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Shewanee Howard-Baptiste After a tough love encounter with science and biology courses, she realized the medical field wasnt her calling. Her pivot from medical school aspirations to a career in health education is now a lesson she shares with young people: life is a journey, not a checklist.

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

Faculty Focus

2008; 2006; Collins and Foote, 2005; Laakkonen and Nevgi, 2014). At the Louisiana State School of Veterinary Medicine, a veterinary anatomy pre-course correlated with improved exam grades and reduced anxiety (McNulty and Lazarus, 2018). Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 32 (2): 170–72. link] Hafen, McArthur, Allison M.J.

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Deep Internationalization & Infrastructure

GlobalHigherEd

Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore (a National University of Singapore/Duke University joint venture). Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in Singapore (a Nanyang Technological University/Imperial College London joint venture). Hawawini is a professor of finance and former dean of INSEAD (2000-2006).

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The End of Affirmative Action

Inside Higher Ed

A comprehensive study of medical school admissions in states that have banned affirmative action found, for example, “devastating impact,” with enrollment by students from under-represented groups declining by one third.

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Whither the College or University Presidency

Inside Higher Ed

It’s not surprising that college presidencies have grown shorter over time, currently averaging less than six years, compared to over eight as recently as 2006. Better, many think, to cultivate allies, stay under the radar screen, focus on fundraising and speak pablum than to risk provoking a firestorm. First, vision.

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

Faculty Focus

2008; 2006; Collins and Foote, 2005; Laakkonen and Nevgi, 2014). At the Louisiana State School of Veterinary Medicine, a veterinary anatomy pre-course correlated with improved exam grades and reduced anxiety (McNulty and Lazarus, 2018). Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 32 (2): 170–72. link] Hafen, McArthur, Allison M.J.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I think public institutions have a mission to make sure that those in society have access to higher education,” says Alexander, who arrived at UCLA in 2006. Coming from such a background drives him. “I AAP emphasizes that their students have earned the academic right to be at UCLA and have shown the potential to excel and graduate.