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Columbia University President Steps Down

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Minouche Shafik The university has been embroiled in controversy since antiwar demonstrations reached a fever pitch in the spring of 2024. Many on faculty at the university expressed no-confidence in the administration partly for its aggressive response to on-campus demonstrations.

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Turing funding comes “too late” to widen participation

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However, delegates of Universities UK ’s 2024 International Higher Education Forum expressed frustration that Turing funding comes too late in the year, deterring students without their own savings from applying for study abroad programs without the guarantee of funding before the course begins.

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UC Virtual Conference Centers Free Speech, Civil Rights Amid Ongoing Tensions on College Campuses

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

approaches its 2024 election season, student voter participation was centered during one of the conference’s panels. If you have [a] lack of safeguards, certain things can poison the marketplace, hurt people, and damage the things that people are looking for.” As the U.S.

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Enrollment Trends and Strategies for Graduate Leaders: Insights from Liaison and CGS 

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The session brought together a trio of graduate education leaders—Missouri State University Associate Provost and Dean of Graduate School Dr. Julie Masterson , Indiana State University Director of Graduate Studies Dr. Kenneth Games , and Coppin State University Dean of the School of Graduate Studies Dr. Ericka N.