MindMax

MARCH 18, 2024

More Americans are questioning the value of a 4-year degree. While his delivery was crass and inflammatory, I can look back now and admit that he had a point—at least within the context of traditional education and the 4-year degree. Over time, several factors have contributed to my new perspective on the value of a 4-year degree: 1.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Robert Scott The University System of Georgia's Board of Regents has named Dr. Robert Scott as the sole finalist for the presidency of Albany State University (ASU), bringing a leader with extensive experience in both academia and corporate innovation to the historically Black institution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Those opportunities led Howard-Baptiste to Miami University in Ohio where she earned degrees in exercise science, health promotion, and a Ph.D. The benefit for me is that I had really great mentors who just really encouraged me and provided me with opportunities to explore. in educational leadership.

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University Business

APRIL 4, 2023

The fallout of the pandemic and recent economic shakeups has recently reminded graduating high schoolers that the pathway to a high-wage job doesn’t necessarily require a college degree. The decline in enrollment may be due to a declining faith in college degrees translating to student skill sets.

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The PIE News

APRIL 11, 2025

Many graduates have secured positions at top firms, reflecting the success of these initiatives in bridging academia and industry. By offering dual degree programs, exchange opportunities, and overseas internships, NTU ensures students graduate with a truly international perspective.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

and returned as a 27-year-old single mother to earn my associates degree for transfer. The angry Black woman, welfare queen, and jezebel tropes are ever present in the halls of academia. Like many Black women in academia, I have faced systemic barriers and wrestled with imposter syndrome, often questioning, Am I enough?

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

To meet the growing demand, many are developing distinctive degrees, certificates, and other programs that help graduate students, faculty, and workforce professionals develop the required skills. DEI-focused degree programs like those at UK serve as pathways to chief diversity officer (CDO) and other DEI leadership roles.

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Coursera blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

How taking one course paved the path toward a masters degree In todays ever-changing world, the pursuit of knowledge is a lifelong journey, and Steve Reeves educational path is proof. Steves educational journey began decades ago at the University of Cincinnati, where he was just four classes shy of completing his degree.

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University Business

JANUARY 28, 2025

organizations have dropped degree requirements for some jobs and 48% believe alternative credentials can be a worthy substitute for a college degree for some jobs. The University of Pennsylvania’s Pennovation Center is an example of industry and academia collaborating to provide pathways to commercialization.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sloan Foundation and RTI International have engaged in a study of Black and Hispanic individuals who have achieved PhD degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. of people who earned these doctoral degrees from 2010–20 were Black Americans. Due to the debt, they take longer to compete their degrees.

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HEPI

MARCH 16, 2025

Language centres can only, in part, make up for the loss that is generated by the lack of language degree courses even though their existence is proof of the value and necessity universities attribute to language skills.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2023

But it is far more restrictive than this implies – consider the impact on academics, who are likely to have more degrees than anyone else. Early-career posts at universities often start at less than £38,000.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

“For employers that are looking to distinguish those that are really serving the population they need for the workforce and for students that are looking to institutions that are going to meet them where they’re at and help them earn a degree that they want to support their families and communities, the Seal certified institutions stand out.”

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Liaison International

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

These kinds of programs are designed to accommodate both degree-seeking and certificate-only students, bridging the gap between education and the evolving needs of the workforce. While traditional degree programs provide a broad foundation of knowledge, they may not always keep pace with the fast-changing demands of the job market.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

And for those who have gone on to earn graduate degrees, the median annual full-time salary at career peak was $86,000 for all majors and $83,000 for English literature and language majors, the report noted. Job satisfaction for English majors is also comparable to that of other majors, according to the report. in English. “[It

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

CSU plays a critical role in Californias workforce, awarding nearly half of the states bachelors degrees and contributing to over 209,000 jobs annually. With more than 30 of the worlds top AI firms based in California and over half of the AI workforce in the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Outside of academia, Walker was founding president of the Center for Faith, Justice and Reconciliation; senior fellow for Religious Freedom at the Freedom Forum Institute; and member of the U.S. He also co-directed documentary film, “Fifeville.” in American studies from The College of William & Mary.

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University Business

MAY 14, 2024

” Georgia Tech’s Vertically Integrated Projects program invites undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as faculty across academia and research, to collaborate on multi-year complex problems. . “It works for university researchers—not necessarily for its students and society.” “The vaccine worked. .”

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

It draws attention to issues such as low pay, lack of job security, limited benefits, and the increasing reliance on contingent labor in academia. It raises concerns about "hypercredentialism," where degrees become mere "tickets to be punched" without necessarily leading to meaningful work or sufficient income to repay student loans.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

" The (mostly) accepted consensus within academia is that a terminal degree is almost always table stakes for most academic leadership roles. And even today, I remain skeptical and suspicious of those from outside of academia (and who do not hold a doctorate) who are recruited to university presidencies and other leadership roles.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

Walker-Griffea’s career in academia began at age 21. Her undergraduate degree is in radio/television/film: news and public affairs. She earned a Master of Education degree in guidance and counseling and a doctorate in child development (the doctoral program defined child development as continuing until age 21).

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

The three presidents to step down demonstrate a variety of reasons for making a change: to reengage in academia, pursue other professional opportunities or make way for new leadership during trying times. In July 2025, he will depart for a one-year sabbatical and return to the life of academia.

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The working person can thank their degree for helping them land the big job , but where that credential was earned says a lot about their potential as the nation’s next leader, according to a new analysis from TIME. faculty, according to one 2022 study published in Nature.

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ACRLog

APRIL 7, 2025

Despite working full-time in academic libraries for almost a decade, completing my graduate degree, and interning while keeping my 40-hour-a-week library job, I was rejected countless times. The Academic Bubble Challenge Academia presents a unique paradox when it comes to community building. The call arrived on a Friday afternoon.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 14, 2023

Two prominent efforts to diversify music in academia are the new University of Arkansas’ (UA) Arkansas Center for Black Music and the creation of the George Walker Center for Equity and Inclusion in Music at the University of Rochester’s (UR) Eastman School of Music (Eastman). This article was published in our June 2023 issue.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

More than half of parents (51%) surveyed were familiar with non-degree pathways, and 88% expressed interest in learning more about them for their children. Nearly all educators (97%) thought their students would be interested in learning more about non-degree pathways. Should higher ed be worried?

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HEPI

OCTOBER 16, 2022

HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. The progressive drop in ethnic diversity as you move up the seniority ladder is a well-documented and persistent problem in academia. Who did you say sent you?’ … I remember being asked this question very clearly.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

But if top universities genuinely want to lead, a key roadblock remains: around the nation and the world, leading institutions are structurally unprepared for the fossil fuel industry’s assault on the interests and values of academia. Academia is founded on the premise of truth seeking.

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The PIE News

JUNE 5, 2024

Each team created a three-minute video pitch, evaluated by a panel of SAEC award sponsors, with the help of assigned mentors from Australian academia and business, who guided them with their video pitches.

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HEPI

JUNE 25, 2024

The graduate premium, going from a taught Master’s degree to a PhD, increases earnings by £5,500 per year , bringing average earnings to £39,200 five years after graduation. A life outside of academia PhDs are for life, not just for academia. What is in it for me? At an individual level, earnings increase with qualifications.

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SRHE

JULY 16, 2024

Indeed, one of our participants had recently left academia and another was thinking seriously about doing so. Imposter syndrome, rejection and belonging Despite the satisfaction they experienced from their career, nearly all our participants described feeling a degree of ‘imposter syndrome’ within academia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

The San Francisco Bay Area native developed her passion for astronomy at San Diego State University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in astronomy with a mathematics minor, before obtaining a master’s degree in astronomy from the University of Maryland. “It Ealy looks to Wimberly, among others, as an example of her possibilities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Pam Luster, President Emerita of San Diego Mesa College, focused on creating an equitable higher education landscape and increasing access for those historically marginalized by academia. Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson “I call Oakland my home, and my roots run deep in the East Bay. I mean, it’s been incredible.”

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University Business

MAY 23, 2023

More from UB: These 25 bachelor’s degrees earn graduates less than those with a high school diploma Why are men ducking a college degree? Secondly, first-generation college students are 44% less likely to graduate than students with at least one parent with a bachelor’s degree, according to the Pew Research Center.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 16, 2022

” After the Ivory Tower Falls is a book we in academia should be engaging with. Still, I wish Bunch’s reporting had surfaced some of the issues that those of us within academia are debating today as we try to confront challenges of student costs and access while navigating significant structural demographic and funding challenges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 25, 2023

As an ethnographer and scholar on the African American religious experience; Frederick’s work in academia focuses on the study of religion and media, religion, and social activism in the U.S. Frederick holds a bachelor’s degree from Spelman College and a Ph.D. She is the right person to lead HDS in the years to come.”

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Recognizing research as a valuable pathway to degree completion and career readiness, MSU created BRIDGES to offer a solution: the opportunity to participate in research while receiving financial compensation. In this same survey, students indicated an openness to research careers in academia and industry,” says Forbes.

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