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An Outsider’s View, Self-Worth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amara Banks, a current law student at Yale, says that Chua has set an important example in life: “You can do whatever you want as a lawyer, as an academic, and as a woman of color.” “I I think about that all the time, when I see people doing cool things out in the world with backgrounds totally different from mine,” says Banks.

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What a Tech Company’s Big Shift Portends for the Future of the Master’s Degree

Higher Ed Connects: News

Colleges face a more challenging one, especially those banking on their non-undergraduate programs to buck up their bottom lines: 2U’s moves are one reflection that interest in the traditional master’s degree is dwindling. Some of this is grounded in EAB research. If the investors were surprised, that’s their problem.

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Higher Education Innovation That Builds Workforce-Ready Graduates: Changing Higher Ed podcast 250 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Alex Hernandez

The Change Leader, Inc.

My first job was for the big bank in New York City and for us, education, was what allowed that jump for our family that opportunity, it changed my life, it changed my kid’s life. It was a classmate of mine. Alex Hernandez: Thank you. So my journey really starts with my dad. He was a farm worker, a manual laborer.

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Rehumanizing the Research University

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? This reminds me every day why teaching, mentorship and service matter just as much as research. Why is that?

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How Machine Learning and AI Can Benefit Higher Ed: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 145 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton with Guest Michael Feldstein

The Change Leader, Inc.

And it gets it wrong sometimes, but it gets better over time without us telling it, “Well, I noticed that this came from a weird email address, even though it says ‘Bank of America’ on it.” For example, is this effective if we’re doing a research project? Michael Feldstein 05:04 Exactly. What about maintenance and buildings?

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Higher Ed Cybersecurity, MOVEit Hack, and 3rd-Party Risk: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 163 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Brian Kelly

The Change Leader, Inc.

A colleague of mine has a website that got hacked. They’re like a bank or any other credit or loan agency that will be held to the same standards. We need to ensure we are securing those environments and, again, understanding what software is being used on-premise and in our clouds to ensure they’re not vulnerable.

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A Race Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His teaching, research, outreach, and service has shown his continued dedication to the work that is now more important than ever, and he has remained consistent and steadfast in his commitment to excellence.” “Whenever you heard shooting, you just knew the routine. So, I was like, ‘whose doing this research? You got down.”

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