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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Williams’s parents had met during their time at Southern and A&M College, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University. Everyone didn’t feel that way.”

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Hoke’s Notes – The Plight of Small Colleges

Edu Alliance Journal

During that time, I took on the role of President/CEO of the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA) and dedicated myself fully to the organization. As a nontraditional student (having started at the University of Dayton in 1968), it took me 6 years and over 30 part-time jobs to complete my degree.

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Harvard Biological Engineering Institute Receives $350M Gift

Inside Higher Ed

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss has donated an additional $350 million to Harvard University to support the research center that bears his name: the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Wyss, a graduate of Harvard Business School, donated $125 million to establish the institute in 2009.

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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) suggests that diversity gains made at the most selective colleges and universities — even with race-conscious affirmative action — have been marginal. 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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Effective Learning with Pre-Laboratory Videos: A Practical Teaching Strategy 

Faculty Focus

Not only do they simplify complex concepts but also significantly enhance teaching and learning (Chan & Fok, 2009; Onyeaka et al., Chandler Hansen, MS, is a doctoral student in the Department of Anatomy & Physiology at Kansas State University. link] Chan, Cecilia, and Wilton Fok (2009). 2022; Ouyang et al.,