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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

The fact is that Princeton is not a research powerhouse in the applied sciences. The resounding demands for equity within higher education heard far and wide during the summer of 2020 have, I fear, faded. Inequities pervade American higher education. Does Princeton have robust graduate programs in those areas?

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Unlocking Opportunities for Students

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

Lorain County Community College was founded in 1963 to as a source of constant, relevant education and training for local people. Over the years, many things have changed, but one thing that remains the same is our commitment to adapt to the needs of employers, students and the community through affordable, impactful education.

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Pell Grant Expansion Extends Educational Opportunities to Thousands of Incarcerated Students

Insight Into Diversity

Data supports the positive impact of PEPs, revealing a 43% lower likelihood of recidivism and a 13% higher employment rate for participants, according to the Vera Institute and the RAND Corporation — a nonprofit policy think tank that conducts research on numerous public sectors, including education.

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Seed Investments Fund 15 Research Collaborations Between Virginia Tech and Minority-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This effort is one of several seed investment programs by Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS).to to bolster research on campus. Since launching in 2016, the program has grown, with its list of partner schools expanding and new Virginia Tech departments taking part.

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Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The missions of higher education and policing differ, yet each occupies well-known and established community spaces. Much like higher education, policing nationwide continues to wrestle with unparalleled demographic shifts, persistent public scrutiny, and questionable legitimacy. police officers. police officers. Dr. Neil D.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

How might this precept apply to higher education? As the historian Henry Steele Commager observed six decades ago, American higher education is an amalgam of four distinct educational traditions. In other words, I should be the last person to call for an education that is more prescriptive or practical.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig Lori Gottschling For Vasquez Heilig—a prominent public policy researcher who has carved out a national reputation both in and outside academic circles for his scholarship on equity and innovation—the pendulum at WMU is swinging in the right direction. Equity has long been a part of Western Michigan University’s DNA.

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