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Lumina Reports Highest Recorded Post-High School Educational Attainment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Post-high school educational attainment in the U.S. According to the report, the figure of post-high school educational attainment of Americans ages 25 to 64 has increased from 37.9% since 2009. When it comes to race and ethnicity, educational attainment has approved improved across all groups. in 2008 to 54.9%

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

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Jamie Merisotis That progress tends to get lost, however, amid legitimate concerns about the cost of education and its efficacy in preparing students for jobs. We get it: Higher education must do better. In those and countless other areas, solutions are being incubated right now on America’s college campuses.

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

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W Kim Lee and Dr. Carolyn Stefanco hen the American Council on Education launched its Moving the Needle initiative over a decade ago to raise awareness about gender parity in higher education or lack thereof only 23% of college presidents or chancellors were women. in the majority white college town in the Mountain region.

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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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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

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Paula Krebs Report on English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes draws on findings from a number of different sources, including the Hamilton Project, the National Humanities Alliance, the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, and Humanities Indicators.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

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They shared their convictions with their two sons, including the importance of education and social service. It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. In 2009, he returned to his undergraduate alma mater, Xavier University in New Orleans, an HBCU and the only Black Catholic institution in the world.

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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

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A report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) suggests that diversity gains made at the most selective colleges and universities — even with race-conscious affirmative action — have been marginal. It comes less than a year after the U.S.