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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

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Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Parnell has been with the organization since 2015 and will bring deep industry and organizational knowledge to her new role.

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Law School's Enrollment Crisis? Looking Past the Headlines

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The fanfare surrounding the decline in enrollments among students of color at elite schools partly reflects the medias preoccupation with elite education in the US. A 2015 ABA report found that on average law schools receive 69% of revenue from tuition, with 25% of schools receiving at least 88% of their revenue from tuition.

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Professor Examines Asian American Representation Across Media, Diaspora

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David Oh “I think that also leads to a lack of opportunities for people to play interesting roles [in the dramatic arts],” said Oh, noting the underrepresentation of Asians in popular American media. For years, Oh has been studying Asian American representation along with matters of identity, critical media studies, and the diaspora.

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

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What does Diverse: Issues In Higher Education mean to you? Daniels Of course, I was not reading academic journals and higher education publications then. Over the years, I’ve observed at least seven (7) best practices in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education that other media outlets might be well-served to emulate: 1.

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JSTOR's Digital Archives Now Reach Over Half a Million Incarcerated Learners

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But with the revival of a way for those in prison to better access higher education, per the Second Chance Pell pilot program in 2015 , ITHAKA saw the potential to do more. ITHAKA realized that this little, tiny thumb drive may not be enough to support higher education at scale,” Burnett said. “So,

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Bills in NC and FL Lead to Faculty Concern, Protest

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As legislative sessions in many states head towards their conclusions, new attempts to exert control over higher education have continued to appear. I’m gravely concerned,” said Dr. Erik Gellman, a tenured associate professor of history at UNC, of HB 715, officially called the Higher Education Modernization & Affordability Act.

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Moving the Needle on Graduation Rates

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times higher than non-members, and CCA Alliance institutions have seen a 10% overall increase in credentials awarded since 2015. Lots of organizations bring in a lot of folks who don’t have a higher education background. Community college members of the alliance have seen graduation improvement rates 1.5 Dr. Dhanfu E.