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Changes in Bachelor's Degrees, 2010 to 2022

Higher Ed Data Stories

I downloaded IPEDS data from 2010 to 2022 (even years) and created the visualization to show those changes and patterns in bachelor's degrees awarded. There has been a lot written about the death of the English degree in higher education. Is it true? There are six views, and some of them are interactive.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Michael Gutierrez “We believe that Hartnell College is an engine for economic vitality in our region and for students to move from poverty to prosperity,” says Michael Gutierrez, superintendent/president of Hartnell. “In When looking at mid-size metropolitan cities in the U.S.,

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Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

I recall clearly that we undergraduates in the late 1960s were under pressure to major in engineering, business, pre-med, or pre-law. First, pressures on young people from middle school forward to concentrate in engineering, computer science, or business for job security only increased. My pursuing the Ph.D.

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Supporting Non-Major Biology Students: Making the Classroom YOUnique

Faculty Focus

Non-majors often struggle to connect course content to their lives, making it harder to see the subjects value (Labrov and Singer, 2010). Some may experience anxiety or feel science is irrelevant to their careers (Rice et al. ” CBELife Sciences Education 23, no. ” CBELife Sciences Education 21, no. Glaser, C.

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Supporting Non-Major Biology Students: Making the Classroom YOUnique

Faculty Focus

Non-majors often struggle to connect course content to their lives, making it harder to see the subjects value (Labrov and Singer, 2010). Some may experience anxiety or feel science is irrelevant to their careers (Rice et al. ” CBELife Sciences Education 23, no. ” CBELife Sciences Education 21, no. Glaser, C.

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President moves: This Florida university has finally selected its next leader

University Business

John Butler, who has been involved with administrative leadership since 2010. Serving on the president’s senior leadership team since 2010, Boston College considers Butler an architect of its revamped core curriculum. John Butler, Boston College Boston College has announced its next president, the Rev.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

The graduate school has offered two-year master’s degrees through CMU’s renowned college of engineering since 2011. CMU-Africa was established as CMU-Rwanda in 2011 as a partnership between the Rwandan government and the Pittsburgh-based university renowned for its engineering and technology programs.