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Lumina Reports Highest Recorded Post-High School Educational Attainment

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since 2009. A Stronger Nation breaks down attainment by degree holdersassociate or bachelorsand those earning short-term credentials, which include college-level certificates or industry-recognized certificates. In the past 15 years, Utah, Arizona, Indiana and D.C. national attainment rate, 47.1% are degree holders and 7.8%

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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson

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Time Magazine in 2005 hailed her as “perhaps the ultimate role model for women in science,” having held senior leadership positions in government, industry, research and academe. Jackson also was the recipient of a 2009 John Hope Franklin Award, presented by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

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Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. Jackson was a 2009 recipient of the Dr. John Hope Franklin Award but was recognized at this year’s American Council on Education (ACE) annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Lauded at Dr. John Hope Franklin Reception

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Dozens gathered to celebrate Jackson’s extraordinary academic, industry, and government career. And it is in this spirit that I humbly accept this recognition.” Jackson originally received this award in 2009, but the ceremony was not held that year and she was not publicly recognized. Dr. Freeman A.

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Dismantling Global Injustices

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He had worked as a cook in restaurants since he was 15 and figured he would simply get a full-time job in the hospitality industry. “I I got to see how people treated blue collar workers,” he says. There tends to be a pretty toxic work environment; people are underpaid, overstressed, and overworked.”

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Dismantling Global Injustices - Dr. Brendan Skip Mark

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He had worked as a cook in restaurants since he was 15 and figured he would simply get a full-time job in the hospitality industry. “I I got to see how people treated blue collar workers,” he says. There tends to be a pretty toxic work environment; people are underpaid, overstressed, and overworked.”

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

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We still have an industry in which the people making the hires are predominantly white males,” she says. Filed in 2009 and decided in 2015, O’Bannon v. The McLendon Foundation’s leadership initiative has counted 171 minorities hired in collegiate or professional sports in careers including creative content, marketing, and facilities.

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