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Indispensable Instructional Designers at Professional Schools 

Faculty Focus

ID Benefits While traditionally associated with K-12, higher ed, and the corporate world, IDs can bring transformative benefits to professional schools (programs offering terminal degrees for a specific profession) and support faculty in their endeavors to innovate and engage students. The word selective is important.

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Melissa Maybury Lubin Wants Higher Ed to Be Affordable, Accessible, and Achievable

MindMax

In a recent conversation, MindMax CEO Lee Maxey sat down with Melissa Maybury Lubin, Dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at the University of Virginia, to discuss the evolving role of higher education in a rapidly changing world. – Embracing technology and AI to enhance learning opportunities.

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These schools are pioneering AI in student recruitment

University Business

There may be no greater enthusiasm for the emerging technology than in student enrollment and recruitment. West Florida’s graduate school experienced a 32% increase in the admission rate of applying students while using Halda ‘s AI Student Recruiter.

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N.C. A&T Receives $4.8M NIH Grant to Study Alzheimer's Disease

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A&T’s College of Science and Technology, successfully secured the grant. Brown-Hughes joined the university from Hampton University School of Pharmacy, where she served as an associate professor. She was awarded the highly competitive two-year National Institutes of Health Ruth L.

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A generational mission: Benjamin Riley on the founding of Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact

It’s a maxim that has guided Deans for Impact (DFI) since its formation. Benjamin describes the origins of Deans for Impact. Benjamin reflects on building Deans for Impact into “a repository of insight and understanding about how students learn.”. Benjamin’s belief in the work of teachers has sometimes attracted critics.

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President Jones, Dolly Parton and the magic of ‘traditioned innovation’

University Business

Interdisciplinary learning and experiential learning are high priorities on campus as technology rapidly changes the modern workforce. Traditioned innovation is driving Belmont Universitys new medical school, which welcomed its inaugural class of 50 students this past fall.

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Dr. Viola L. Acoff, University of Mississippi

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Acoff is Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Mississippi. She is also a professor of Mechanical Engineering, and she serves on the Board of Directors for Carpenter Technology Corporation and the Board of Trustees for the Four Little Girls Memorial Fund.