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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

UMGC has agreements with all 16 community colleges in Maryland, says Dr. Pam Carter, vice president and dean of the School of Business, which offers seven undergraduate degree programs and 10 stand-alone certificates. Two recent MBA graduates became presidential management fellows, three-year positions with the federal government.

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How to keep moving when higher ed data dries up

University Business

While the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, also known as IPEDS, continues uninterrupted for now, the broader budget cuts and contract cancellations at NCES signal future disruptions to data collection and reporting, sounding the alarm for higher education planning. For the moment, the IPEDS platform remains live.

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Academic freedom policies should mean something (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Academic freedom policies and standards, such as those adopted by public colleges and universities in Florida, provide a compelling basis for courts not to apply the Garcetti standard to public higher education faculty. In fact, this argument has already been extended to Florida institutions.

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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

In addition, RSIs receive fewer donations and competitive federal grants because reviewers from federal agencies don’t understand them. Systems or legislatures usually choose to close or merge RSIs because they carry less political weight and serve fewer students even though fewer people are in their community.

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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The legislation would stop the University of California, California State University and their affiliates, and California Community Colleges, from barring students from being hired for jobs due to the lack of federal work authorization — which is often the case for students who have parents who immigrated to the state.

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One Fascism or Two?: The Reemergence of "Fascism(s)" in US Higher Education

Higher Education Inquirer

The federal government (Department of Defense, CIA) and US corporations (particularly federal contractors) have also held great importance in the direction of higher education, servicing their most oppressive anti-democratic, colonial elements. Boards, Endowments, Contracts) Role of Elite Families in Higher Education (e.g.

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Trump’s Funding Freezes Halt Medical Research, Deaf Education Training

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Trumps Funding Freezes Halt Medical Research, Deaf Education Training Ryan Quinn Mon, 04/21/2025 - 03:00 AM The federal government says it has cut or frozen billions of dollars worth of grants and contracts to high-profile universities, ending potentially lifesaving studies and critically needed training, according to the researchers.

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