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Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That said, employers are often eager and willing to partner with schools, but this isn’t always easy,” according to Dr. Amy Loyd, assistant secretary for the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Other takeaways include braiding or blending funds to create sustainable pathways.

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Interest rate changes could challenge universities, student loans and post 16 and vocational education

SRHE

At present the growing costs of HE are being paid for by other parts of the UK Government’s education budget, resulting in real terms cuts to the further education budget, consequent low rates of pay for FE college staff, and cuts to the adult education budget.

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Going up for Tenure: Lessons Learned, Lessons Shared

Faculty Focus

Melissa Hawthorne, PhD is an associate professor in the School of Education at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. She teaches graduate research and adult education courses for the Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction and the Master’s in Educational Leadership programs.

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Going up for Tenure: Lessons Learned, Lessons Shared

Faculty Focus

Melissa Hawthorne, PhD is an associate professor in the School of Education at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. She teaches graduate research and adult education courses for the Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction and the Master’s in Educational Leadership programs.

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Student Success & Equity in Math with Michael Wangler

Continuous Learning Institute

Since 2017 he has served as an academic dean at Citrus College, where he spearheaded major developmental educational reforms in mathematics that led to significant increases in success and completion rates in transfer-level math, while also narrowing equity gaps among first generation and low-income students.

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New IDR Rules a Win for the Stopped-Out, Less Helpful for Community College Grads

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Collier, an assistant professor of higher and adult education in the department of leadership at the University of Memphis. “We The changes are likely to be particularly helpful for women and minoritized borrowers, who are more likely to be enrolled in IDR programs, according to Dr. Daniel A.

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Student Success & Equity with Kathy Booth

Continuous Learning Institute

For over five years, she served as the Project Manager and architect for the LaunchBoard, a suite of dashboards that make data on student progress, completion, employment, and earnings outcomes available to educators for the purpose of program improvement.

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