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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. history survey course to be delivered in the summer.

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Navigating Pathways to Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Each phase of my journey provided unique insights into the challenges and opportunities within academia. The lessons from the 2008 financial crisis remain relevant today as we continue to face economic fluctuations and budgetary pressures.

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The State of EdTech: OPMs, Risk Planning, and Generative AI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 189 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Phill Hill

The Change Leader, Inc.

For example, an institution known for forensic science might develop an online MBA program with a specialization in that area, leveraging its unique history and specialization. But lately, there’s been so much significant change in academia, that I’ve fallen much more into a role of looking at the bigger, broader trend.

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Autonomy Scorecard

HESA

So that’s what the exploratory study aimed at back in 2008-2009. Ireland suffered tremendously in terms of university autonomy from the impact of the economic crisis that we’ve experienced 2008-2009, and that has generated long-term effects on what universities were allowed to do or not. So let me just end on this.

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New Book Traces Shirley Chisholm’s Radical Embrace of Black Feminism

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As we celebrate Black History Month, a close examination of Shirley Chisholm’s rise in progressive politics is not only important, but it is necessary. Jesse Louis Jackson’s historic presidential runs in 1984 and 1988 and the election of a virtually unknown political figure — Barack Obama — in 2008. Chisholm paved the way for the Rev.