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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

Edu Alliance Journal

Urbana had been an integral part of the community since 1850, serving as a significant economic engine. Dean Hoke is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Edu Alliance, an international higher education consultancy and podcast co-host of Higher Ed Without Borders and Small College America. Hoke has a B.A. from Urbana University, an M.S.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Vernon Dunn, director of The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering at the National Academy of Engineers, first met Williams at one of the summer programs Williams ran at Xavier. Dunn says he speaks with Williams daily, seeking advice on managing people, navigating spaces, and how to best lead his program of young engineers.

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Putting the R & R in GEM 

Liaison International

Back in 2017, I had a “eureka” moment. The idea here was to take a graduating senior with a specified GPA majoring in business, design, engineering, or other discipline and admit them into any number of aligned graduate programs. Liaison has extensive data on application fees and best practices for application fee management.

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Experts Gathered to Discuss Challenges Facing Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Paul Getty Trust, which funds research and visual art preservation, and Dr. Josef Sorett, dean of Columbia College at Columbia University and vice president for undergraduate education. Dirks said t hat percentage shrunk to 10% by the time he left in 2017, which resulted in increased tuition. Dirks was joined by Dr. Katherine E.

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The 2024 Insight Into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Insight Into Diversity

The AIHC was launched by Kent Smith in 2017. Kent Smith, PhD, associate dean and professor, Office of American Indians in Medicine and Science at OSU-CHS and the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mary’s University School of Science, Engineering and Technology First-Generation Summer Start Scholars Program St.

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After spearheading Sweet Briar’s revival, President Meredith Woo will step down

University Business

Woo, a former University of Virginia dean, took over in 2017 shortly after alumnae, students, faculty and others successfully fought attempts by the board of trustees to shut the college down. The initiative prioritizes women’s leadership, sustainability, engineering and equestrian programs.