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Stacey Abrams Appointed Inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics at Howard University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics at Howard University. Walters Endowed Chair and we are pleased to welcome her to Howard University.” The well-known political figure was a state representative in the Georgia General Assembly, having served as minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives 2011-2017.

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Multiple Measures of Assessment Needed for College Readiness Post-Pandemic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That’s according to the latest report from the ACT , which analyzed high school GPAs, ACT test scores, and first-year grades in students from 2017 to 2021. Before the pandemic, in 2017, a student who had a 2.5 A more holistic assessment of students, including the use of the ACT test score alongside HSGPA, acts as a better predictor.

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A sectorwide approach to higher ed's future (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Individual universities cannot be all things to all people and should not rely on small changes at the margins with the hope of squeezing out incremental gains. For example, AU partnered with Martha’s Table and Trinity Washington University on an early childhood education program that meets a new Washington, D.C.,

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

Image: When Andrea Mora enrolled at University of California, Irvine, in 2012, she was a low-income, first-generation student. Mora now has professional counterparts at all 10 campuses in the University of California system. It was also a way for the university to make the position permanent.

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What role will higher education play in the next general election?

HEPI

As important as apprenticeships and admissions are, politicians must recognise that universities are affected by and affect a far wider pool of issues. Universities have a huge role to play in Research and Development, the NHS, levelling up and further national priorities. The former outcome is clearly unlikely.

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Fraternities cut ties with USC

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The University of Southern California is one of the top-ranked campuses for Greek life in the country: almost 30 percent of undergraduates—about 7,300 students— were members of a Greek organization in 2020. The university allowed parties and other activities to resume in March.

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New Congress Augurs Investigations, Little Legislation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Craig Lindwarm, vice president for governmental affairs of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities A leading contender for the chairmanship is U.S. Virginia Foxx, a North Carolina representative who previously served as chairwoman of the committee from 2017-2019 and was most recently the ranking member.