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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. At the same time, reality struck: A student should not need to have an associate provost as a parent to transfer college credits. Dr. Alicia M.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. There must be deliberate and continuous assessment to identify and implement strategies that improve Latino student achievement.

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Diversifying the Workforce for Data-Related Jobs Starts with Inclusivity in Research

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Carol Parish Increasing and diversifying a workforce skilled to fill these data-driven jobs can be achieved through highly mentored, intentional involvement in innovative, publishable research projects. Students gain hands-on experience in every stage of these data-related computational projects. Dr. Carol Parish is the Floyd D.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing a holistic approach, its mission is to ensure that all students thrive in engineering and computer science, particularly Latino, Black and women students, who are underrepresented in these fields. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). We are an affordable institution.

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Boldly Future Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Smith-Jackson, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. “As A&T is joining other HBCUs, like Morgan State University in Baltimore, in taking steps to achieve that prestigious classification. We have faculty from outside the College of Engineering.

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3 Questions on UT Austin’s New $10K Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence

Inside Higher Ed

UT Austin’s Adam Klivans , professor of computer science, and Art Markman , vice provost of academic affairs, graciously agreed to chat. When I heard about the MSAI degree, offered in partnership with edX (a 2U company), I knew I needed to learn more. When did conversations about developing this course begin? Klivans: Yes.

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

A second critical question is whether faculty members of different social identities and background characteristics are equally likely to achieve success. Perna is the GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education and vice provost for faculty at the University of Pennsylvania. Faculty whose parents have Ph.D.s—and

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