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KRISTIE BOWERS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kristie Bowers Kristie Bowers has been named associate vice president and director of athletics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Bowers holds a bachelor’s degree in human development and a Ph.D.

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How Higher Ed Can Help Underserved Communities Access Broadband

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Karen Mossberger, the Frank and June Sackton Professor in the school of public affairs and director of the Center on Technology, Data and Society at Arizona State University. Post-secondary institutions could be instrumental in helping to coordinate and implement varied strategies. You train the workforce,” said Bennett.

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U.S., Other Countries Issue Statement Supporting Academic Freedom

Inside Higher Ed

“Academic freedom is key to human rights education but also essential for technical and scientific progress and for the development of the creative industries and the arts,” says the statement, issued at the 52nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

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Fierce Advocate for Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Her undergraduate degree is in radio/television/film: news and public affairs. The human development she studied in her doctoral program opened her eyes to what was needed on the college level to ensure student success. I’m a great facilitator. That’s one of my top leadership skills.

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Meet the Authors of New Titles in the Major Problems Anthology Series

Today's Learner

She has received awards and fellowships from the Fulbright Commission and other distinguished institutions. Arlt Award in the Humanities. politics, foreign relations and human rights. She has served on the jury for the Pulitzer Prize in History and on the Historical Advisory Committee of the U.S. State Department.

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A sectorwide approach to higher ed's future (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

And we typically address them from the type of institution where we each sit, with emphasis on the distinctions between public, private and community college institutions or the perceived trade-off between scholarly research and student thriving. We have to think differently about the future of higher education.

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Communicating Effectively in a Presidential Search

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Call to Action: Marketing and Communications in Higher Education A presidential search and the launch of a new administration are among the highest-visibility occasions in the life of an institution. Elevated expectations and intense public scrutiny raise the stakes for getting every aspect of the communications process exactly right.