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Lumina Reports Highest Recorded Post-High School Educational Attainment

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since 2009. So, while they have increased by more than 9 points, that actually represents a nearly 50% increase, the most of any race or ethnicity since 2009, so they have made incredible progress. In the past 15 years, Utah, Arizona, Indiana and D.C. The big story is actually the Hispanic Latino population, Brown said.

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Louisiana Christian University Names Dr. Mark Johnson as 10th President

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From 2009, Johnson led Liberty Hill Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, establishing partnerships with churches, businesses, and organizations to revitalize the community. He later worked as National Best Men Program director for the Best Friends Youth Foundation in Washington, D.C.

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After the Election We’ll Need a Strong System of Higher Education More Than Ever

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Economists have warned for more than a decade of a coming labor shortage due to birth rates that slowed at the start of the 21st century and fell further during the Great Recession of 2008-2009. This new reality has confused both employers and workers, forcing them to re-evaluate their strategies for success in a rapidly changing world.

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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

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The report is a retrospective analysis of the changing demographics at selective and open-access institutions from 2009 to 2019; researchers ended their analysis in 2019 to account for changing enrollment patterns that resulted, in part, from the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes less than a year after the U.S.

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Testy Appointed to Lead the Association of American Law Schools

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Testy served as Dean and Professor of Law at University of Washington School of Law from 2009 to 2017 and at Seattle University School of Law from 2005 to 2009. She began her career as a law professor at the University of Puget Sound in 1992, which then became Seattle University.

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Jill Biden Stepping Down From Instructor Role at NOVA Community College

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metro region that Biden joined as a professor in 2009 while serving as second lady. First Lady Jill Biden announced Monday that shes taught her last class at Northern Virginia Community College after 15 years, The Washington Post reported. NOVA is an institution local to the Washington, D.C.,

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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jackson also was the recipient of a 2009 John Hope Franklin Award, presented by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. In 2009, President Obama appointed Jackson to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Jackson holds a bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D.

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