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Krause Named Dean of William L. Ridgway College of Arts and Sciences

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ridgway College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Evansville (UE). Ridgway College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Evansville," said Krause. "I Krause serves as director of international programs and associate professor of political science at Mount St. Dr. Amanda L.

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

24) College closings are expected to uptick over the next five years due to the demographic cliff, and Northland College may be the first of 2025. This page will be continuously updated as University Business monitors the changing landscape of college closings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, in the coming year and beyond.

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Film Director Joins Spelman Faculty as Director of Documentary Filmmaking

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Shola Lynch Spelman College has scored a major coup with the hiring of award-winning filmmaker Shola Lynch as its Diana King Endowed Professor in Film, Filmmaking, Television, and Related Media in the Department of Art and Visual Culture. In 2016, she became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Doctoral Distress: Graduate Program Pressures Impact Student Mental Health

Insight Into Diversity

A 2018 study published in Nature, a journal focused on advancements in science, found that nearly 40% of graduate students globally experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression. A 2020 Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium survey of graduate students at 10 U.S.

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European and US institutions partner with Meta to embrace VR

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“It’s an opportunity to look at where we are going with our fully online degrees but also how we can serve our campus students who are curious about what the Leeds experience might be. .” The universities are signed up to try out VR and XR prototypes as Meta tests its products ahead of an official launch.

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Four Powerful Practices to Promote Student Success 

Faculty Focus

Student success is teacher success. When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible.

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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 Interdisciplinary Arts from Hampshire College; M.A. in Sociology of Education with a policy concentration; Teachers College Columbia University; and Ph.D.