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Why certificates are becoming popular beyond the undergraduate realm

University Business

Kentucky—along with North Carolina and Montana—saw the highest increases in graduate certificate completions between 2019 and 2023. The Education Dynamics report identified a 228% uptick in graduate certificate completions across North Carolina since 2019. On the other hand, undergraduate non-credit pathways had only grown by 3.6%.

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Honoring Excellence in Urban Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jhaneil Thompson After graduating from high school, Thompson enrolled in a community college and when it was time for her to continue her education at a four-year-institution, it was Florida A&M University (FAMU) that welcomed her right from the start, even before she officially enrolled in fall of 2019.

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Doctoral Distress: Graduate Program Pressures Impact Student Mental Health

Insight Into Diversity

In 2019, Nature conducted a survey of 6,320 global PhD students that revealed 36% of respondents sought help for anxiety or depression reportedly caused by their academic pursuits. a rate six times higher than the general population. A 2020 Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium survey of graduate students at 10 U.S.

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Dr. Marlene Tromp Named University of Vermont's 28th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Her administrative experience includes serving as campus provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California at Santa Cruz and vice provost and dean at Arizona State University. She will succeed Dr. Suresh Garimella, who led UVM from 2019 until October 2024 when he became president of the University of Arizona.

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Is it time to rethink university rankings?

The PIE News

Rankings remain highly influential, a vital marketing tool for schools, and genuinely useful in many ways but are also increasingly disliked by academics, mistrusted by deans, and seen as less reliable than ever by students. “Theyre a subject that deans love to hate, laughs Marion Debruyne, dean of Vlerick Business School in Belgium.

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Penn State African American Studies Head Resigns, Alleges Broken Promises and Wavering Institutional Commitment to Diversity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He explained his departure in an open letter, claiming that Dr. Clarence Lang, dean of the College of the Liberal Arts, had refused to follow through on a commitment to hire two new tenure-line faculty. It is likely that some of those who left Penn State in recent years would have done so regardless,” West wrote.

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Small College America – Profile Earlham College

Edu Alliance Journal

February 17, 2025, by Dean Hoke: This profile of Earlham College is the second in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Dr. Paul Sniegowski, a biologist and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has served as President since August 2024. Season two begins February.