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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In order to enact human values, we have to start with ourselves. The conference theme this year is humanizing higher education, and hundreds of scholars from across the country gathered here to share their research, resources, and make connections. They’re there to provide access to higher education to their communities.”

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Zamani-Gallaher Appointed Dean of School of Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I am honored and excited to serve as the Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education,” said Zamani-Gallaher, a professor in the Pittsburgh’s Department of Educational Foundations, Organizations, and Policy. Dr. Eboni M.

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Here are 9 ways higher education can ensure rural America’s long-term vitality

University Business

.” “The highest-paying jobs in rural areas are in white-collar, blue-collar, and protective services occupations, and blue-collar and protective services occupations are more likely to employ men,” Martin Van Der Werf, report co-author and CEW’s director of editorial and education policy, said in the press release.

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Assumption U to Counteract FAFSA Delay by Offering Aid Early

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But the complexity of enacting the changes for an underfunded, overburdened Department of Education means that the release date for the new form has been pushed to December 1 from the beginning of October. The consequences for students and their families could be serious. “We Dr. Gregory S.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy. The 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows a 16.1

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Degrees and Certifications Help Inform the Future of DEI Leadership

Insight Into Diversity

In announcing the program in 2021, Kelly Bradley, PhD, chair of UK’s Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation, said colleges and universities are looking for senior diversity officers who can serve as change agents and bring innovation, creativity, and strategic thinking to their campuses.

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Decentralisation and the case for moving to a tertiary education system

SRHE

Investment in human capital has been mostly ignored. Michael Shattock is a Visiting Professor in Higher Education at the UCL Institute of Education and Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Education, Oxford. A tertiary system, regionally driven, would offer a valuable complementary effect.