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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

More from UB: Computer science degrees: How demand has both reduced and improved Northland College has operated at a deficit for eight years, The Minnesota Star Tribune reports. Year founded: 2011 Goddard College (Vt.) Employees sued the university at least five times in the past four years due to breach of contract/employment.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing a holistic approach, its mission is to ensure that all students thrive in engineering and computer science, particularly Latino, Black and women students, who are underrepresented in these fields. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). We are an affordable institution.

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Women academics quit due to workplace climate: Study - Nathan M Greenfield, University World News

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Women professors are more likely to leave the profession because of the ‘chilly climate’ of their departments than are their male colleagues, says a new study of American professors active between 2011 and 2020.

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

A study of employment records of nearly 300,000 tenured and tenure-track faculty members employed between 2011 and 2020 at 368 Ph.D.-granting Available data suggest that the nation’s faculty are less diverse than relevant comparison groups in terms of socioeconomic status. institutions received those degrees from only 20 percent of U.S.

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Why did Allegheny cut its Chinese program?

Inside Higher Ed

Departments and programs recommended for strategic investment, meanwhile, were Black studies, community and justice studies, computer science, education studies, environmental science, and political science. All other programs—including Chinese—were to be maintained. Allegheny rejected Shi’s appeal.

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Supporting Non-Major Biology Students: Making the Classroom YOUnique

Faculty Focus

Highlighting interdisciplinary applications, such as the role of biology in public health (communications majors), technology (computer science majors), or environmental policy (pollical science majors), can help students appreciate its broad impact. ” Science Scope 32, no. ” CBELife Sciences Education 8, no.

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Supporting Non-Major Biology Students: Making the Classroom YOUnique

Faculty Focus

Highlighting interdisciplinary applications, such as the role of biology in public health (communications majors), technology (computer science majors), or environmental policy (pollical science majors), can help students appreciate its broad impact. ” Science Scope 32, no. ” CBELife Sciences Education 8, no.