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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. In 2009, he returned to his undergraduate alma mater, Xavier University in New Orleans, an HBCU and the only Black Catholic institution in the world. Williams found great success in business, but at the same time, felt the effects of imposter syndrome.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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Hoke’s Notes – The Plight of Small Colleges

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At 74, I still have ideas to share and contributions to make in the field of higher education. I aim to address several projects and issues moving forward, such as returning to my work as an international higher education consultant and re-launching two podcast series. Hoke has a B.A. from Urbana University, an M.S.

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Academic Freedom, Tenure & the U.S. Higher Education System

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Yesterday’s balanced article (‘ Tenure or Bust ‘) by Colleen Flaherty , in Inside Higher Ed , is but the latest of a series of nuanced pieces Ms. Flaherty has produced this year about the unfolding of higher education debates in this Midwest U.S. state of 5.75 million people. more broadly? Kris Olds.

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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report is a retrospective analysis of the changing demographics at selective and open-access institutions from 2009 to 2019; researchers ended their analysis in 2019 to account for changing enrollment patterns that resulted, in part, from the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes less than a year after the U.S.

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In fact, this rate for English majors puts it below the unemployment rate for computer and information services majors, 2.8%, though still higher compared to a number of other majors – business, engineering, philosophy, physical science, and history.

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College Degree Still Sound Investment, Despite Rising Tuition

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Liang Zhang “Our cost-benefit analysis finds that on average a college degree offers better returns than the stock market,” said study coauthor Dr. Liang Zhang, a professor of higher education at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. It relied on 2009–2021 data from the U.S.

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