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New Research on Heightened Cash Monitoring

Robert Kelchen

1] Thanks to the generous support of Arnold Ventures, my graduate research assistant Holly Evans and I dove into whether colleges responded to being placed on the more severe HCM2 status by changing their financial priorities, closing, or influencing student debt and graduation outcomes. Stay tuned for more work from this project! [1]

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More Research on Heightened Cash Monitoring

Robert Kelchen

As the academic summer quickly wraps up (nine-month faculty contracts at Tennessee begin on August 1), I am working on wrapping up some research projects while also simultaneously preparing for new ones. Colleges end up on HCM1 and HCM2 for much different reasons.

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Researcher-Mentor Challenges Students to Pursue Purpose

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Shana Stoddard Having first come to Rhodes as a William Randolph Hearst Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in 2015, Stoddard has cemented a role for herself at the school over time, attaining the position of associate professor of chemistry in 2022. “I I knew that I wanted an undergraduate research lab,” Stoddard said. She holds a Ph.D.

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Stanford President Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne to Resign After Investigation Found Research Data Manipulation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Marc Tessier-Lavigne will resign and retract or issue significant corrections to five of his papers after a Stanford-sponsored investigation found research data manipulation, The Stanford Daily reported. At various times when concerns with Dr. Tessier-Lavigne’s papers emerged—in 2001, the early 2010s, 2015-2016, and March 2021—Dr.

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Report: National Six-Year College Completion Rates Stalling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

s national college completion rate has remained stagnant, with rates even falling for some populations, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC). Completion rates for the nation have stalled overall,” said NSCRC executive director Dr. Doug Shapiro, vice president of research.

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Research in Action: Dr. Jerlando F. L. Jackson

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jackson’s journey to Michigan State began — in earnest — some two decades earlier, when the young Jackson embarked on an ambitious research agenda of studying education deans as a doctoral student at Iowa State University. I just fell completely in love with focusing on the research, working with students, teaching classes.

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Report Highlights Key Challenges and Support Needs for Early Career Faculty at MSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Supporting Early Career Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions,” examines CMSI’s ELEVATE program launched in 2015, which supports professional development, mentorship, and retention for MSI faculty. As a proud member of the very first ELEVATE cohort in 2015, I had very few expectations.

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