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IU Bloomington provost goes beyond retention for success

Inside Higher Ed

Now I’m provost, so I’m basically overseeing all of those, plus research and faculty development and institutional infrastructure. To give you one example, we have, and every major institution has, supplementary instruction—free tutoring for, say, math or chemistry or computer science or whatever it may be.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

The graduate school has offered two-year master’s degrees through CMU’s renowned college of engineering since 2011. million investment in the institution, and in higher education development across Africa. Image: Carnegie Mellon University–Africa in Kigali, Rwanda, is the only American campus on the entire continent.

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Hard Truths That Higher Education Has Evaded for Too Long

Inside Higher Ed

That high-performing Black and Hispanic students are far less likely to earn a college degree than comparable white or Asian American students. That inequities pervade American higher education, including gates that restrict entry into high-demand, high-salary majors in computer science, economics, finance, engineering and nursing.

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Small College America – Profile: Hendrix College

Edu Alliance Journal

The student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1, fostering close interactions between students and the 91 full-time faculty members, 89% of whom hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree. Curricula Hendrix offers 30 majors and 33 minors, encompassing a wide range of disciplines in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.