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NC A&T Chancellor Dr. Harold L. Martin, Sr. Announces Retirement at End of 2023-24 School Year

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

will retire at the end of the 2023-24 school year. s leading producer of Black STEM graduates; received record research and sponsored programs contracts and grants; and produced a $2.4 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) Chancellor Dr. Harold L. Martin, Sr., Dr. Harold L.

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CSU Hires New President, But Questions Linger About the Treatment of Former President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The person will replace Dr. Alex Johnson, President Emeritus of Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), who has been serving as interim president since July 2023, after Dr. Jack Thomas announced that he would not seek a renewal of his contract. Dr. Jack Thomas Thomas has denied harassing, belittling, and bullying anyone. That’s why I left.

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How this year cast doubt on 2 higher ed myths

University Business

Myth 2: States aren’t investing in higher ed Three 2024 reports reveal how federal and state higher ed funding increased in recent years: State Higher Education Finance (“ Trends in State, Local, Student, and Grant Shares of Education Revenues “) : Public higher education appropriations rose nearly 4% beyond inflation in 2023.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Post-pandemic, we have more individual students coming to us than actual school contracts.” Their fall-to-fall retention rate between fall 2022 and fall 2023 was actually 11% higher than commuters.” By example, fall 2023 students with housing had a retention rate of 89.6% versus 83.8% EHS President and CEO Jeffrey H.

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Community College Incarcerated Reentry Programs: Looking Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College-in-prison programs flourished in the 1970’s and 1980’s after the 1965 Higher Education Act made people who were incarcerated eligible for Pell Grants. Educational and cost benefits, plus safer working and living conditions reported in prisons with SCP led Congress to restore Pell eligibility to people in prison as of July 2023.

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President moves: Announcing a surge of hires, including this state flagship

University Business

In 2023, President Gee announced academic program mergers or cuts, tuition raises and layoffs. Wetstein attracted $14 million in federal grants and grew Cabrillo’s endowment by almost $30 million, Press Banner reports. In 2023, a shooter entered the campus community and killed three professors.

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Invisible labour: visible activism

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*we acknowledge that invisible and emotional labour can affect any academic of any gender, particularly those on education/ teaching focussed contracts. As noted by Stephenson (2023) , in HE only 28% of professors are female despite women making up 43% of the academic workforce leading to a pay gap of 11.9%.

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