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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. The fact that we had an increase of 3% last year, we don’t take that for granted.”

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Doing that at a prestigious Research 1 institution was too important to pass up. There will be a table talk with a faculty member who will discuss research. He says he greatly appreciates the resources and the exposure for faculty and student research, but he is still adjusting to not having as much personal contact with students. “I

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A Model to Engage Learners in Discussions on Health Equity and Implicit Bias

The Scholarly Teacher

Kalpana Panigrahi, Interfaith Medical Center. Implicit bias plays a large role in the delivery of healthcare in the United States (Institute of Medicine, 2003). Brendle, MAHEC, Boone North Carolina. Yee Lam, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jessica Waters Davis , University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Introduction.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

My research seeks to understand disparities in mental health outcomes among students with marginalized sociodemographic identities in Canada, and the relationship between mental health and learning with marginalized communities. For these reasons, I selected this as the measure of choice utilized within my research. .

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Two from MIT awarded 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

CAPD

Riyam Al Msari Riyam Al Msari, born in Baghdad, Iraq, faced a turbulent childhood shaped by the 2003 war. As a PhD student in the MIT Department of Biological Engineering, Al Masri conducts research in the Irvine and Wittrup labs to employ engineering strategies for localized immune targeting of cancers.

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Famous Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges

Great College Advice

William McKinley – 25th President of the United States NOTABLE ALUMNI of AUGSBURG COLLEGE, Minneapolis, MN Dr. Peter Agre, 2003 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry Rev. Mark Hanson: Currently the Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Martin Sabo. Former U.S. Representative from Minnesota.

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

The Finance of Higher Education: Theory, Research, Policy & Practice. Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present. The Culture of Professionalism: The Middle Class and the Development of Higher Education in America. Grady and Aper, Jeffrey. Bousquet, M.