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Paul Quinn College to Create an Innovative Housing Model and a Mixed-Use Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2010, In 2010, the college converted its football field into a farm. Jakes Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, the first graduate program the school’s history. We believe this project will have a profound impact on student success and well-being, empowering them to focus on their education and future.”

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After a ‘no confidence’ vote, JSU sits its seventh president since 2010

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’s 10-year tenure ended in 2010. He has since been placed on administrative leave with pay. Sprinkle in some interim presidents, and the average tenure of Jackson State’s presidents since 2010 is two years, compared to the six-year national average, according to ACE.

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Kimberly Ford

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Just 12 years ago, a yearlong NCAA internship aimed at opening doors for women and minorities interested in professional jobs in sports administration, helped catapult Ford to a place at the top of her field. Ford’s wish: “To see in my lifetime that the work I am doing now is no longer needed.”

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Report Provides Frank Data on Black PhD Holders in STEM Fields

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of people who earned these doctoral degrees from 2010–20 were Black Americans. Half of the top 20 bachelor’s degrees of Black STEM PhD recipients from 2010–20 were earned at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The debt load of those who did is disproportionately high.

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Cruzado Wins 2024 Council of Fellows Mentor Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Waded Cruzado The annual award acknowledges the role mentors play in the success of participants in the ACE Fellows Program, which was established in 1965 to help prepare faculty and administrators for senior positions in higher education leadership. Each one was a teacher and I learned from them as much as I gave.

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

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Among those ages 25–59 who are English majors, the median earnings of Black graduates in 2010–14 was $46,000 and the median for Latino grads in 2009-2013 was $48,000. Along lines or race and ethnicity, Black and Latino graduates in the humanities typically earn less than their white counterparts.

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Many New Jersey Colleges Eligible to Apply for Mental Health Services Funding from State

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State agencies and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spoke of a mental health emergency among youth and schoolchildren in 2020, citing steadily rising rates of suicide from 2010-2020. “I Phil Murphy’s administration. I believe every school, hospital and private therapist out there did [see an uptick].