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Doctoral Distress: Graduate Program Pressures Impact Student Mental Health

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Their Rackham Graduate School formed the Graduate Student Mental Health Task Force in 2019 to identify challenges and implement changes to support graduate student psychological health and well-being. one for STEM and professional schools, the other for arts, humanities, and social sciences.

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

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Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school. A new school can help mitigate this challenge, giving us a voice where we’re currently lost in the noise. William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance.

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Librarians' "new normal" includes pain points

Inside Higher Ed

Ithaka S+R shared results from its triennial survey published last week, which sought to capture college library deans’ and directors’ perspectives three years into the pandemic. At the same time, library deans and directors are struggling to retain and hire staff, according to the Ithaka survey.

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Georgetown and Howard Universities Awarded $3 Million for Medical Humanities Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Williams, dean of Howard University’s Graduate School , professor of African-American literature, and grant co-leader. The center will apply a medical humanities approach in addressing health disparities related to race/ethnicity and income, and health equity.

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What is a ‘governing document’ in the University of Sussex?

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Like similar universities Sussex has an Executive Team composed of a Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellors, their deputies, Deans of Schools and Faculties, with senior academic-related staff headed by a University Secretary, a Financial Officer and various Directors.

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Duke Invests in Community-Engaged Research to Increase STEM Access

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recently allocated funding from its endowment to support seven faculty projects that will examine and address issues relevant to the surrounding population. Duke University is taking action to advance racial and social justice by investing in community-engaged research. The private university in Durham, N.C.,

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As Decision Day Looms, Colleges Try to Boost Minority Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Now that college acceptance letters have been sent, the pressure is on students to choose what schools to attend by May 1 st , National Decision Day. This year, schools have been doing everything that they can to entice students—particularly minoritized ones—to commit for next fall. But institutions are under pressure, too.

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