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US: ISU partners with University of Havana

The PIE News

He also expressed his eagerness to move forward on research collaboration “with University of Havana faculty”. He also expressed his eagerness to move forward on research collaboration “with University of Havana faculty”.

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University of Rochester Black Studies Department to Accelerate Cluster-Hiring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Already having committed to making several cluster hires for the department, the university turned to the Mellon Foundation to help quicken the pace of expansion, said Dr. David Figlio, the university's provost. We could be talking about a certain kind of medical humanities that infiltrates Black studies," he said.

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4