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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The ruling sent medical schools across the nation scrambling to adjust admission standards to abide by the new law of the land. These barriers [to entry] manifest early, prior to even applying to medical school,” says Faiz. Roughly half of the UC Davis School of Medicine’s class of 2026 represent minoritized populations.

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The Equity Educator - Dr. Angelica Witcher Walker

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title :Assistant Dean for Student Vitality & Career Development and Director of Student Affairs Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing University of Virginia; MBA in Business Administration, Averett University; Ph.D So, the medical school had an opening, and I applied for the position and got accepted.

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Strategic Affiliation in Higher Education: What Colleges Can Learn from the Colleges of Law and TCS Education System: Changing Higher Ed podcast 258 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Matt Nehmer

The Change Leader, Inc.

May 6, 2025 · Episode 258 Strategic Affiliation in Higher Education: What Colleges Can Learn from the Colleges of Law and TCS Education System 32 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Strategic affiliation in higher education offers small colleges a sustainable alternative to mergers.

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The high cost of funded research in colleges and universities

Changing Higher Education

Funding for research in higher education comes from many sources as described in the NSF Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey for 2015: Higher Education R&D Expenditures by source (in Millions of current dollars ). . OPEN COSTS. TOTAL RESEARCH. 4 year % change.

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Deep Internationalization & Infrastructure

GlobalHigherEd

These new models tend to be research- and graduate or professional education-oriented, with relatively strong interdisciplinary inclinations. Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore (a National University of Singapore/Duke University joint venture). Hawawini is a professor of finance and former dean of INSEAD (2000-2006).

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Columbia University Reaches Out to HBCUs for Fellowship Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Williams, a director of student affairs and DEI for graduate programs in sustainability management and sustainability science, tours the country and tells people about what the Ivy League school’s fellowship can offer them. definitely sets this fellowship apart,” Williams says. According to a press release, past fellows — from the U.S.

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UK still looking to “expand and grow” international numbers

The PIE News

“So I really do hope you can put on the record secretary of state that this is definitely not in the thinking of the DfE or other colleagues around the cabinet table.” Expanding the breadth of countries to recruit international students also remains a priority, she suggested. The PIE News (@ThePIENews) December 7, 2022.