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From Crisis to Solutions: Global Conference Charts New Course for Urban Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CANCUN—What started off in 2014 as a simple idea, has blossomed into a major convening, drawing more than 700 educators from K-12 school districts and colleges and universities together to strategize and share best practices on how to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing urban schools around the globe. Dr. Chance W.

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Certificate Programs Surge as Bachelor's and Associate Degrees Decline, Report Finds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For the third consecutive year, undergraduate certificate programs have reached a 10-year high in completion rates while traditional degree programs continue to decline, according to new data released Thursday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. While more than 3.2 The data indicates that certificates now represent 16.1%

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

The Scholarly Teacher

At times, however, that stone may feel like a boulder, especially to research faculty who are used to delivering lectures and to whom the switch to activity-based learning may seem like a daunting and demanding venture into unfamiliar territory. Intentional tech: Principles to guide the use of educational technology in college teaching.

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Which Colleges Always Lose Money?

Robert Kelchen

It is safe to say that there is a lot of concern right now about the financial viability of higher education. Now that a new year of data on institutional finances (through Fiscal Year 2023) came out through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System , I am revisiting this and also including public universities.

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Marie Hardin

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bellisario College of Communications at Pennsylvania State University since 2014 and has been a member of the Penn State faculty since 2003, was announced as the 10th president of Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. Hardins research has focused on issues of diversity, ethics and professionalism in sports journalism.

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Usha R. Rodrigues, University of Georgia School of Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law in 2014. Her teaching and research focus oncorporate law,business ethics, corporations and securities regulation. Rodrigues became dean of the University of Georgia School of Law on January 1, 2025.

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