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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Evolution Liam Dacey, a 2004 graduate of University of Notre Dame (UND), one of the nation’s preeminent Catholic institutions, took steps to transfer after coming out his sophomore year, but changed his mind and instead became an advocate for LGBTQ visibility and acceptance on campus.

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Small College America – Profile: Whitman College

Edu Alliance Journal

One hallmark program at Whitman is Semester in the West, a unique field-based study experience where students engage directly with environmental and policy research across the American West. Graduate outcomes at Whitman are exceptional, with nearly 70% of alumni enrolling in graduate or professional programs within five years of graduation.

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Can students recover when campus closures dim their college prospects?

University Business

A campus closure can be a heartbreaking experience for students, alumni and college communities. Half of 467 institutions were two-year for-profit, private schools in the report’s sample of closures between 2004 and 2000. Abrupt shutdowns are far more likely to affect students at for-profit institutions.

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Researchers with Lightcast, a labor market analytics firm, found four-year public universities and larger institutions, whether public or private, are more likely to see new degree programs prosper, according to an analysis of federal data on degree conferrals. It also noted a success rate of 36.4 percent, ahead of the 29.2 percent, failed.

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Accreditor emerging for intellectual disabilities programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Programs for this population of students, which vary in length and scope, have grown dramatically since 2004, when an informal survey found about 25 programs nationally, according to the Think College National Coordinating Center, which offers support to postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities.

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Faculty Feature: Brian Kyle

PUC

in Photography in 2004. I’m very proud of what my colleagues and I have built and the relationships with our students and alumni. taking my time to let the place reveal itself to me without feeling the pressure of a jam-packed itinerary of known and researched destinations. in Graphic Design and a B.S. How cool is that?

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A Call to Action: Higher Education Must Implement Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A working paper recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research reported that PWIs can learn how to better support Black students by implementing best practices from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Dr. Tanya J. Middleton is an assistant professor of counselor education at The Ohio State University Dr.