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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It brings together presidents, provosts, faculty, funders, policymakers, and industry leaders to address big questions facing HBCUs. It's about building strong institutions with strong leadership, sustainable financial models, and effective governance. At the end of the day, UNITE isn't just a conference; it's a movement.

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Unleashing Economic Opportunity: Honoring the Legacy of the March on Washington

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bright By assisting with putting the following seven measures in place, colleges and universities can help to open pathways to entrepreneurship, accelerate workforce participation in emerging industries, and advance economic opportunity: 1.

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House weaponization subcommittee seeks records from universities

Confessions of a Community College Dean

universities are getting swept up in House Republicans’ investigation into the “weaponization” of the federal government. Jon Fansmith, senior vice president of government relations at the American Council on Education, said the requests are not a surprise, but they are also not typical.

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Involving an industry partner in student projects, a win for all parties?

Teaching Matters Student Employment

The top through groups after their successful presentations with industry partner, Sopria Steri. This post belongs to Teaching Matters’ Learning & Teaching Enhancement theme: Embedding enterprise in the curriculum. Image credit: Kit Daniel Searle. This now gives the students a platform to showcase their skills.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

A recent government report suggested cutting enrollment and enforcing higher entry standards to certain fields of study. While the government in question was that of the United Kingdom, and while the authors didn’t name names, that sentiment echoes loudly across the Atlantic. New tools.

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Enterprise Education: The future of education at The University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Student Employment

At a national level, the Scottish Government appointed the country’s first Chief Entrepreneur Officer , Mark Logan as part of the commitment to the National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET). Up until before the COVID19 pandemic, the Student Enterprise Team’s focus was on providing extra-curricular support.

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Adapting to Disruption: Unity University’s Remarkable Success – Part 1: Changing Higher Ed podcast 194 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Melik Peter Khoury

The Change Leader, Inc.

This exceptional growth, achieved amidst and in the wake of a global pandemic, illustrates a comprehensive transformation of conventional governance and operational norms in higher education. Khoury has cut tuition in half and significantly reduced institutional debt. We are excellent at deconstructing it. How did he do this? [00:31:54]