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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They are taking responsibility and raising standards.” The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S.

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Armbrister Hangs Hat on Indelible Career at Johnson C. Smith University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That was part of the strategic plan developed during his presidency. The development of the strategic plan began in January 2020 at a weekend gathering of board members as well as individuals from the local community. We did a lot of asking questions and listening, and then it was the development of that plan,” he said.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The school is now eligible for Title V HSI funds that can support student recruitment, education, sense of belonging, and completion. The Bronx is home to over one million people, 56% of whom are Latinx, according to 2020 U.S. You raise the quality of life for individuals by education.” Census data.

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Sports betting contracts should be rethought (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The agreements raised questions, as the Times put it, “about whether promoting gambling on campus—especially to people who are at an age when they are vulnerable to developing gambling disorders—fits the mission of higher education.” Their contracts have raised a number of ethical and policy flags.

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CPL for Incremental & Non-Credit Credentials

Parchment

In this episode, we speak with Melanie Booth, Executive Director of the Higher Learning Commission’s Credential Lab, and Ian Roark, Vice Chancellor of Workforce Development & Innovation at Pima Community College, to discuss the policy and practice of making CPL a reality for different forms of credentials. Yeah, please.

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The importance of academic mental health

SRHE

Although investment in the area is growing, a recent systematic review highlighted the stressful academic environment and higher levels of burnout within the industry compared to other jobs ( Urbina-Garcia, 2020 ). Since then Advance HE has also developed the “race charter”.

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Must do better:  making the Office for Students accountable

SRHE

by GR Evans The House of Lords Committee on Industry and Regulators pulls no punches in Must do better. It should do so ‘with respect to how it implements its policies and procedures, as well as how it develops them’. and The Office for Students [2020] EWCA Civ 1074). Bloomsbury Institute Ltd.