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Two More Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology Attain VETS Campus Certification

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology (TCATs) – Crossville and McMinnville – have earned VETS Campus certification, signaling commitment to efforts to help veterans succeed academically. It is an honor to have veterans at our institutions. We have a duty to serve them as they served us.”

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Medical School Enrollment Shows Mixed Trends as Diversity Numbers Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

First-generation college student matriculants declined by 2.3%, while applicants with parents in service, clerical, skilled, and unskilled occupations decreased by 2.2%. The number of military veterans entering medical school also dropped slightly, from 171 in 2023 to 166 in 2024. In the wake of the 2023 U.S.

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A trio of reasons for the TRIO Programs

University Business

I went on to pursue higher education, earning multiple degrees, becoming a scholar, a community collaborator and a military veteran committed to service. In 2023, approximately 37.9 Census Bureau, 2023). Income and Poverty in the United States: 2023. But the impact didnt stop with me. of the U.S.

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Age Consciousness, Age Segregation, and Age Denigration

Confessions of a Community College Dean

At the same time, age became a crucial legal category, defining when one could work, drink, smoke, marry, enter the military, and even have sexual relations. It accentuates competition over public priorities: Whether public resources should be devoted to Social Security, Medicare, and services to seniors, or to education and child care.

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Bank of America Campus to Careers Women’s Forum

CAPD

This forum is designed to prepare students from historically underrepresented backgrounds in financial services; specifically women, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, LGBT+, military veterans and people with disabilities, for the internship recruiting process. Pacific Time (December 1, 2:55 a.m.

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CPL for Incremental & Non-Credit Credentials

Parchment

Melanie Booth (04:46.334) So the Higher Learning Commission launched an innovation division in 2023 called the Credential Lab. Quality student support services, access to career services, the experience of being on site again, has given many of them confidence to use prior learning assessment. And this was in 2016.

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Can Cheating on Steroids in Colleges and Universities be Stopped?

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

The freshman legislator from NY -- who's already admitted to lying about his education and work experience -- crossed paths with Navy veteran Richard Osthoff in May 2016 and identified himself by one of his aliases, Anthony Devolder. Blog posted by Dr. Steven Mintz, The Ethics Sage, on January 25, 2023.