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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students know that if they successfully complete this program, they are guaranteed admission to an affiliated four-year institution. The transfer rate is 85% for students within three years of admission to EPW. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession. or a graduate GPA of 3.0;

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President moves: Tried and true academics take charge

University Business

The university is still in need of an interim president after Parwinder Grewal resigned before the university’s launch date due to protests surrounding his plans to consolidate the state’s libraries and athletic programs. “I feel like now is a perfect time to step away,” Zdatny said, according to Seven Days.

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In Memoriam

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Edley spent more than two decades as a professor at Harvard Law School, where he and Orfield founded the Civil Rights Project in the aftermath of a 1996 court ruling that squelched race-conscious admission policies at many universities. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against the UT practices. Orrick, Jr.

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How to Attract and Inspire Underrepresented Students: Lessons from Lucy Cavendish College: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 152 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Madeleine Atkins

The Change Leader, Inc.

Part of the larger Cambridge system that once depended largely on legacy admissions from private schools for decades, Lucy Cavendish now admits 90% of its freshmen class from 180 public high schools across the country. Drumm McNaughton But back in the ’60s, you were mostly legacy admissions, were you not? Absolutely, yes.

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The Increasing Relevance of Honor Codes

Higher Ed Connects: Ethics

The recent admissions cheating scandals highlight a potential crisis in academia, indicating that perhaps we need to place more focus on personal responsibility and good citizenship—in effect, to restore “honor” to our campuses. by Kimberly Yavorski. When an honor code becomes a way of life, students report more trust.

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