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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This past fall, Coppin welcomed Wes Muhammad, a 14-year-old from Baltimore into its largest freshmen class since 2011. New programs in emerging fields like healthcare informatics and cybersecurity have been strategically developed to align with industry demands, ensuring graduates are well-positioned for career success.

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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since Apple introduced Siri, its voice-controlled software, in October 2011, consumers have begun normalizing interactions with narrow AI.

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Unapologetic Leadership for Black Learner Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Public health concerns increased responsibilities to care for and educate school-aged children and disrupted jobs and industries. Over half a million – 579,000 to be exact – Black students have left the American higher education system since 2011. But we need to look closer at the data.

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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Guttman Community College was founded in 2011 and opened in 2012 to serve 17- and 18-year-old students and increase graduation and transfer rates among students coming directly from New York City public high schools. Creating partnerships with local industry is a crucial part of building pathways to gainful employment, Trent noted. “If

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Establishing Belonging for Creative Scholars and Teachers

The Scholarly Teacher

This programming supports ongoing dialogue in the academy about creative scholarship in terms of documentation, promotion, and institutional support (see, Adams & Meyer, 2011; Cantor & Lavine, 2006; Hays, 1989; Kezar et al., The nature of scholarly and creative activity carried out by the faculty in these areas is also diverse.

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Lieberman Expected to Lead La Verne to Next Stage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Dr. Devorah Lieberman became president of University of La Verne in 2011, a private institution of approximately 8,000 students about 35 miles east of Los Angeles, she was in many ways seeing life come full circle. So that we graduate students who meet the needs of employers in the industries,” Lieberman said.

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Will You Still Respect Me If I Am Not Overwhelmed?

The Scholarly Teacher

My graduate degree is in industrial/organizational psychology. Todd Zakrajsek. University of North Carolina School of Medicine. I spent years studying how to make organizations bigger and better and how to make workers happier, more efficient, and motivated to work harder. References. Fletcher, P. November 13, 2020). Forbes. , [link].