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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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How Being a Mother and Academic Helped Me Fix Higher Education’s Transfer Crisis

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alvero When my daughter transferred to Queens College in Spring 2019, I could not have been more excited. As associate provost at the college, Ill admit I was biased but even two decades of experience in higher education couldnt fully prepare me for her struggle to transfer credits. Dr. Alicia M.

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Changes in SAT Scores after Test-optional

Higher Ed Data Stories

One person I spoke to came right out at the start of the call: She was only calling, she said, because her provost wanted to know how much they could raise scores if they went test-optional. At the overwhelming majority of colleges, the Mean SAT EWR+M score has risen between the fall of 2019 and 2022. So what's happened?

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Howard University Taps Antiracist Scholar Ibram X. Kendi to Head New Advanced Studies Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Howard's Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Anthony K. His recent adaptation of Howard alumna Zora Neale Hurston's "Barracoon" and his co-edited volume Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019" demonstrate his commitment to preserving and analyzing Black historical narratives. Dr. Ibram X.

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. He will do the same as provost at Western Michigan University.”

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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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Bellarmine Provost Quits After Vote of No Confidence

Inside Higher Ed

Paul Gore, who has served as Bellarmine University’s vice president for academic affairs and provost since 2019, is leaving his post, Bellarmine president Susan Donovan told faculty and staff in a message Thursday,

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