Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

More than 100 graduate students of color from 18 institutions gathered at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in February for the eighth annual Preparing Future Faculty of Color Conference , which strives to demystify having a career in academia. This article was published in our April 2023 issue.

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University Business

MARCH 25, 2024

Despite questions around the value of an English degree, graduates who earned one were found to possess similar rates of life satisfaction, peak salary earnings and unemployment rates to non-English degree graduates, according to a recent report by the Association of Departments of English (ADE), a subsidiary of the Modern Language Association.

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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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University Business

MAY 5, 2025

This gap between academia and industry expectations has become a pressing issue for higher education. Universities can encourage all students to engage in at least one hands-on work experience during their studies as a degree requirement. Nearly three in four employers report difficulty finding graduates who excel in these areas.

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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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Higher Education Inquirer

MAY 15, 2025

China's higher education system is facing a profound crisis, marked by rampant credential inflation, a saturated academic job market, and growing inequality between domestic and international degree holders. Favoring International Degrees The study highlights a growing bias towards candidates with overseas education.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 29, 2025

These hostile work environments have profound consequences, leading many talented educators to leave academia entirely or return to clinical practice. The Scope of Bullying in Nursing Academia Bullying in higher education is a widespread and systemic issue.

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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

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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SRHE

MAY 20, 2025

We all know what needs to be done to make research degrees more accessible. The myth of meritocracy Academia clings to the fiction that the current system rewards pure intellectual merit. Reading what is going on there is frankly terrifying – solidarity to all.) Make expectations explicit. Create flexible policies.

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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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Coursera blog

MAY 6, 2025

No undergraduate degree. For someone like Matt, who had already been consulting, contracting, and building real products, the traditional gatekeeping of academia just didnt make sense. Despite speaking at conferences and advising startups, he found that not having a formal degree held him back, especially internationally.

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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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