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Morgan State University Wins 2022 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morgan State University, a Historically Black university in Baltimore, has been awarded the 2022 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education: From Admission through Completion from The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and ETS.

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Postgraduate Education Leaders Release Recommendations on Strengthening Graduate Education Mentorship After Summit

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Postgraduate education leaders from 14 countries released recommendations to strengthen graduate education mentorship at the 2022 Strategic Leaders Global Summit. Ortega The summit – co-hosted by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and financially supported by ETS – took place Nov. Dr. Suzanne T.

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Advancing Black Males in STEM is My Passion — Here’s How I Got There

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Black males need support from childhood through graduate education to improve, fulfill, and correct inequitable access to careers in science and engineering. Broadening Black males’ participation in science and engineering extends our country’s ability to solve our — and the world’s — grand challenges.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Forging strategic partnerships Williams’s ability to connect HBCU students to graduate programs caught the attention of Emory University, where he would be recruited in 2014 as the director of Diversity, Community and Recruitment. His efforts helped to lead to the graduation of the most diverse class in the history of Northwestern.

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Report: Graduate Enrollment is on the Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Overall first-time graduate enrollment fell almost 5% from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022, along with decreases in first-time enrollment among underrepresented minorities (URM), according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). Though the number of graduate school applications increased by 3.9%. increase). "In

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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

Keywords: Service-learning, public health, graduate education, community needs, student engagement, research, high-impact practices Introduction High-impact practices (HIPs) such as global learning, service-learning, research, and collaborative projects provide educational benefits by engaging students in a way that elevates their learning.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It has done that with an 86% success rate for the 2022-23 academic year. That intentionality makes an impact on the lives of talented students who may not fully understand the possibilities of graduate school as well as what is needed to find a relevant program, apply and then succeed. GPA and a persistence rate of 94.4%.