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College Completion Rates Edging Upward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) n otes that 61.1% of learners who began college in fall 2018, which is the most recent cohort tracked, earned a credential within six years. point gap in 2018. The improvements here were mostly driven by students who started at community colleges. “We

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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

billion and nearly 200 employees, he helps to leads the largest federal entity dedicated to funding educational research. A nationally recognized expert on African American males, Moore has had a distinguished career in higher education as a researcher and a champion for diversityboth in his work at the National Science Foundation and at OSU.

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Engaging Students in Faculty Research

The Scholarly Teacher

Keywords: Student Research, Experiential Learning, High-Impact Practice Introduction We adapted and implemented high-impact practices (HIPs) to engage undergraduate and graduate students in faculty research based on the principles of adult learning theory (Knowles, 1990) and cognitive learning theory (Sincero, 2011).

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. The fact that we had an increase of 3% last year, we don’t take that for granted.”

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While MSIs play a key role in promoting faculty diversity by consistently employing more educators of color than other institutions, MSI faculty also face pressures, such as heavy teaching and advising loads, high expectations for research and publishing, and limited resources for career development.

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NC State Alumnus Kevin Howell Named University's 15th Chancellor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I am confident that he will strengthen NC State's role as a frontier research university, keeping North Carolina competitive in the most important fields of our future." From 2016 to 2018, Howell served as senior vice president for external affairs at the UNC System Office.

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Usha R. Rodrigues, University of Georgia School of Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From 2015 to 2018 and for the fall semester of 2024, Rodrigues served as the law school's associate dean for faculty development. Her teaching and research focus oncorporate law,business ethics, corporations and securities regulation. She joined the School of Law's faculty in the fall of 2005 and was named the holder of the M.E.

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