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These homeownership programs help create affordable living for employees

University Business

The University of Rochester, with help from the city and four local lending institutions, announced earlier this month it will grant qualifying full- and part-time employees, residents and fellows a $20,000 forgivable loan toward their first home purchase. million in financial assistance, per a university press release.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

The award of doctorates in Divinity had ceased to depend on advanced scholarship, and had often became more or less honorific as new Bishops began to be granted an automatic Doctorate of Divinity. Doctorates for young scholars came next and in 1921 Oxford granted its first DPhil and Cambridge its first PhD, both expecting original research.

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President Moves: Cornell leader steps down as hiring ramps up

University Business

Kotlikoff will serve as interim president under a two-year contract. Pollack is also credited with increasing by 1,000 the number of undergraduates receiving grant-based financial aid, the university noted. A former Panola student, she has served as the college’s vice president of institutional advancement since 2014.

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REF 2021: reflecting on results, rules and regulations, and reform (again)

SRHE

The irritations researchers experience when working with secondary data are exemplified in looking at the REF 2021 results and comparing with 2014. I will first give the summary of results, set alongside those from 2014, against advice, but one role of the REF is to demonstrate more and better research. Impact 2014 44 39.9

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The Helen Perkins era

SRHE

Maria Slowey took charge of the annual conference and immediately started work on the quality and quantity of submissions, while Rosemary Deem began the process of restoring SRHE’s finances by negotiating a new contract with long-term publishing partner Taylor & Francis.

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Technology and Teacher Training: Utilizing Simulated Environments for Real Practice

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

Simulated environments allow individuals to engage in repeated trials involving both general and high-stakes situations without risking the excessive use of resources (Dieker, Rodriguez, Lignugaris/Kraft, et.al, 2014). 2014) The Potential of Simulated Environments in Teacher Education: Current and Future Possibilities. and Huges, C.E.

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Higher Ed Braces for Impact of Third-Party Service Regulation Expansion: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 149 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Mike Goldstein

The Change Leader, Inc.

The original rule was designed to monitor contracted companies that provide colleges and universities with services to manage various aspects of Federal Student Aid. By 2014 when his firm merged with the global law firm Cooley LLP, the higher education practice he headed was the largest and one of the highest regarded in the country.