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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Then there is a fourth tradition, which represented a distinctively American contribution: A focus on human capital formation, local and regional economic development, entertainment and sports, and community service. The interests of administrators, faculty, staff, and students frequently collide. Priorities conflict.

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Famous Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges

Great College Advice

first female on the biology faculty NOTABLE ALUMNI of BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Brunswick, ME William Cohen, Class of 1962, Secretary of Defense in the Clinton administration 1997-2001 NOTABLE ALUMNI of BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, Lewisburg, PA Kenneth Langone, the CEO of Home Depot NOTABLE ALUMNI of BUTLER UNIVERSITY, Indianapolis, IN Arthur C.

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How To Reframe Your Virtual Engagement to Beat Zoom Fatigue

Campus Groups

Among the attendees were administrators from Yale School of Management, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Verto Education, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University- Daytona, and Atlantic Cape Community College.

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Credential Inflation Makes College Degree Not Worth The Cost (Randall Collins)

Higher Education Inquirer

In the medical professions, the process of credential-seeking goes on past age 30; for scientists, a PhD needs to be supplemented by a couple of years in a post-doctoral fellowship, doing grunt-work in somebody else’s laboratory. To get ahead in the elite labor market, one needs advanced and specialized degrees.

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$16B College Sports Revenue and Regulations: Knight Commission Insights: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 171 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amy Privette Perko

The Change Leader, Inc.

During this same time frame, the report also finds that 26 of these 54 schools will likely pay their head football coaches and ten assistants more than what they spend on hundreds of athletes, their scholarships, lodging, food, medical expenses, and insurance coverage. 2015, Perko was awarded an honorary degree from Methodist University.

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Unpacking the Pillars of Resistance Against DEI Initiatives

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our channels from ESPN to VH1 are filled with presentations of black Americans being paid a king's ransom to entertain. It is this new veil of economics that has allowed for a broad swath of America to become not just desensitized to black poverty, but also hypnotized by black celebrity. How could we not?

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