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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McMickens, Morris Thomas, and Calvin Hadley There is deep concern about the status of Black men in higher education. A recent report about the enrollment of Black men in postsecondary education indicates that Black men comprise 4.6% Palmer, Larry J. Walker, Tryan L. or a little over 850,000 of the 18.6

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A Pioneer for Change - Dr. Brittany Williams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont Tenured: No Age: 34 Education: B.A. in Sociology of Education with a policy concentration; Teachers College Columbia University; and Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Hampshire College; M.A.

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Weekend Reading: Education and Scholarship – An overlooked solution to the teaching dilemma

HEPI

The traditional model of higher education institutions in the UK has largely relied on student recruitment as the primary means of funding both staff salaries and research activities. In terms of the consequences, the imbalance between education and research importance has contributed to serious problems in higher education.

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Beyond the bottom line: rethinking recruitment strategy and cost

The PIE News

Rankings such as QS and Times Higher Education heavily weigh internationalisation metrics, including international student ratios, international faculty presence, and global research collaborations. International recruitment can significantly influence global rankings a crucial consideration in strategic planning.

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Open Access: It’s Not Just a Nice Thing to Do

ACRLog

To me, OA helps to combat the high costs of higher education, making innovative knowledge accessible to those of diverse backgrounds with a wide variety of needs. Could it be that folks doing positive work in higher education, like my friend, weren’t publishing OA due misconceptions or an overall lack of awareness?

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for nontraditional avenues to pursue their academic goals. This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I had already been taking part in the sit-ins and civil rights demonstrations, so when I read that article in the paper, I knew that too, was something I could do something about,” he recalls. “So, Flagship Pathway Scholarship Endowment in 2021. It highlighted the University of Tennessee’s exclusion of Black students.