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Don’t Just Witness History; Seize the Opportunity to Shape It

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lomax UNCF’s new research report, Transforming Futures: The Economic Engines of HBCUs , offers empirical evidence of the profound impact HBCUs have on the success of students, communities and the nation as a whole. It has already made history, with an HBCU graduate as the first presidential nominee of either of the two major parties.

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What Makes Popular History Popular?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma No longer can academic historians dismiss popular biographies or nonspecialist accounts of the past as low-powered history. But, of course, the purpose of many popular histories differs profoundly from those written by academics. ” None of that is true about the best nonacademic histories today.

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In fact, this rate for English majors puts it below the unemployment rate for computer and information services majors, 2.8%, though still higher compared to a number of other majors – business, engineering, philosophy, physical science, and history. in history. “I in English. “[It

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Dr. Michael P. Shannon Appointed President of The University of North Georgia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The history, the tradition, the impact and the prestige of UNG, 150 years in the making, are incredibly powerful.” and assistant professor in the physics and nuclear engineering department at the U.S. .; and assistant professor in the physics and nuclear engineering department at the U.S. The retired U.S.

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Michigan State University Interim President Will Not Seek Permanent Appointment

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During her time at MSU, Woodruff has served in a number of roles, including provost; executive vice president for academic affairs; and MSU Foundation Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Until then, I give you my Spartan best.”

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English majors earn similar salary earnings, life quality than other degree holders, report

University Business

Despite questions around the value of an English degree, graduates who earned one were found to possess similar rates of life satisfaction, peak salary earnings and unemployment rates to non-English degree graduates, according to a recent report by the Association of Departments of English (ADE), a subsidiary of the Modern Language Association.

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Wright State University to suspend admissions to 34 degrees - Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive

Economics and Change in Higher Education

The public institution announced plans last week to deactivate the 34 associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees, including those in art history, engineering physics and rehabilitation counseling. A majority of the degrees, 22, were already being wound down by their departments and colleges, the university said.

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