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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university. From 2018 to 2023, Latinx staff representation increased from 33% to 38%, and administrator representation increased from 17% to 25%, respectively. “We Edward’s University St.

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Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Iowa Wesleyan University is closing, citing rising costs, shifting enrollment trends, declining fundraising and the governor’s rejection of a proposal for federal COVID-19 relief funds. It faced the threat of closure in 2018 and warned students and employees that it might not be able to continue.

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Unions organizing in states that lack collective bargaining

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Wendy Goldberg, a nontenured lecturer in writing at the University of Mississippi, said she’s been with UCW since a chapter opened on her campus in 2018. But Matthew Thomas, a Duke University Ph.D. “There’s a lot of things in our, quote, arsenal to do that can be successful.” Supreme Court ruling.

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Lesley Faculty Vote No Confidence in President—Again

Confessions of a Community College Dean

private university’s 167 faculty members with full-time or prorated faculty contracts. “Lesley is fortunate to have the resources it needs, including a significant endowment and valuable real estate acquired in connection with the purchase of an additional campus in 2018, to invest in making any changes that are required.

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The livelihood of some rural colleges depends on this 1 unlikely federal agency

University Business

When facing potential closure in 2018, a good actor saved Iowa Wesleyan University with a $26.1 Why does the Department of Agriculture now own the 60-acre tomb of a now-defunct, 181-year-old private university in rural southeast Iowa? million loan. The answer is more straightforward than you think.

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Sustainability actions students take and want their colleges to take

Confessions of a Community College Dean

While research on the connections between sexual identities and activism is still emerging, a 2018 analysis of existing studies highlights how sexual minorities are significantly more likely to engage in four types of social movements than heterosexuals: LGBT rights, peace, environmentalism and economic inequality. “Seriously.

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‘We are heartbroken’: Financial woes force Iowa Wesleyan to close its doors

University Business

The school faced a potential closure in 2018, but it was saved by fundraising and a $26.1 The school has produced notable alumnae, dating back to suffragist Arabella Mansfield, the country’s first female lawyer. A more recent alumna is Peggy Whitson, the first female commander of the International Space Station.

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