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Testy Appointed to Lead the Association of American Law Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Testy, the current president and CEO of the Law School Admission Council, begins her new role effective July 1. 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.

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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc.

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Vanderbilt University Expands Popular Financial Aid Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Christiansen, vice provost for university enrollment affairs and dean of admissions and financial aid. Scholarship recipient families also, typically receive Opportunity Vanderbilt awards greater than full tuition to support housing, food, travel, and other college expenses, according to Douglas L.

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Hoke’s Notes – The Plight of Small Colleges

Edu Alliance Journal

During my senior year, I also completed a year-long internship in admissions. Dean began his professional career in 1975 with Bellarmine University, working in a variety of roles, including Admissions and External Relations. Urbana gave me the opportunity to figure out what I wanted to do and how I could contribute to the world.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Michigan community colleges are open-admission institutions that offer affordable education and provide a vehicle for African American males who might not otherwise pursue a college education. Sabree discovered that huge educational gaps existed in transfer rates for this population at community colleges across the nation (Harper, 2009).

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Moving the Needle on Graduation Rates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These are the four pillars of transformation, ingredients critical to the mission of Complete College America (CCA), the advocacy organization working to improve college graduation rates since 2009. Dorothy Styles, vice president for operations and organizational development at CCA.

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Narcissistic presidents linked to “deterioration” in performance, study shows

University Business

The British study published on Research Policy examined the performance of higher education institutions by collecting data from the National Student Survey (NSS) website, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and others over 10 years beginning with the 2009-10 academic year.

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