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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

Among those ages 25–59 who are English majors, the median earnings of Black graduates in 2010–14 was $46,000 and the median for Latino grads in 2009-2013 was $48,000. Meanwhile, for English grads overall from 2009-2013, the median was $53,000, according to the report.

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From Likes to Learning: Enhancing Classroom Culture through Social Media Engagement   

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In this piece, we explore how social media, as a pervasive cultural force, impacts the educational journey and engagement of undergraduate students while shaping their persistence and success in academia. 2013 & 2015) Youth Participatory Politics Survey Project, United States, 2013 and 2015 Panel Data. link] Cohen, G.

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Can academics reliably generate original ideas?

HEPI

We have also held different managerial positions within academia. 2016) and Borland and Lindgreen (2013) explored managers’ assumptions about ecological sustainability and examined potential strategies firms might adopt. Over the past numerous years, we—Adam Lindgreen and C. Borland et al.

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From Likes to Learning: Enhancing Classroom Culture through Social Media Engagement   

Faculty Focus

In this piece, we explore how social media, as a pervasive cultural force, impacts the educational journey and engagement of undergraduate students while shaping their persistence and success in academia. 2013 & 2015) Youth Participatory Politics Survey Project, United States, 2013 and 2015 Panel Data. link] Cohen, G.

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OEE Scholar Interview Series: David S. Byers, MSW, Ph.D.

ACPA

Before transitioning into academia I worked in counseling programs at several universities and community clinics and did psychotherapy and consultations in high schools and colleges. Another prominent group effect is scapegoating ( Byers, 2013 ; Byers & Cerulli, 2021 ). Interested in learning more about Dr. Byers?

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From a sample of over 560,000 first year, first time community college students and over 32,000 instructors in Texas between 2013 and 2020, researchers found that 77% of white students experienced a racial match. That means making sure that people get tenure and stay in academia.

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Which Side Are You On?

Inside Higher Ed

Labor activism has surged at universities since 2013, adding about 120 new faculty chapters. Perhaps most striking is the formation of 16 graduate student unions and a dozen for postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers between 2013 and 2019—a trend that has persisted since the pandemic struck. Academia is a calling.

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