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Over the past year, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and RTI International have engaged in a study of Black and Hispanic individuals who have achieved PhD degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. Only 3.8% of people who earned these doctoral degrees from 2010–20 were Black Americans. The debt load of those who did is disproportionately high.
Black Scientists with STEM PhDs Face Deep Disparities Sara Weissman Mon, 11/27/2023 - 03:00 AM A new report finds they disproportionately carry large amounts of student loan debt, among other disparities faced by STEM doctoral grads of color.
Dr. Faye Belgrave Faye Belgrave has been named vice president and chief diversity officer at Virginia Commonwealth University. She served as associate dean for equity and community partnerships in the College of Humanities and Sciences at the university. Belgrave holds a bachelor’s degree from North Carolina A&T State University, a master’s from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.
Another Round of Campus Budget Turmoil Doug Lederman Mon, 11/27/2023 - 03:00 AM Public colleges in Nebraska and Ohio and private institutions in Iowa, Ohio and Oklahoma are the latest affected.
Jonathan Smith will become head football coach for Michigan State University (MSU), pending formal approval from the MSU Board of Trustees. Johnathan Smith Michigan State University Smith, 44, has led at Oregon State as head coach for the past six seasons, with the Beavers attaining a 16-2 home record over the last three. Under his leadership, the Beavers had their first winning campaign and bowl appearance in eight years in the 2021 season, a berth to the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl.
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Faculty and Black groups at Michigan State University (MSU) are calling for campus stakeholders to be able to interview MSU’s sole presidential candidate, given his role in a number of race-related controversies , The State News reported. Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz The call from the MSU faculty senate, Michigan State University Black Alumni (MSUBA) and the MSU Black Faculty, Staff and Administrators Association (BFSAA) are based around Dr.
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What are Learning Outcomes? admin Mon, 11/27/2023 - 08:44 In the realm of education, the fundamental question persists: "What are learning outcomes?" These outcomes, acting as a guiding lighthouse, navigate educators and learners through the seas of knowledge, encapsulating the measurable skills and attributes a student should acquire by the end of a course.
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Purdue University will pay the federal government $737,400 to settle allegations that a researcher falsified data, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana.
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The Education Department is taking emergency action against Union Institute & University, an online college based in Cincinnati on the brink of collapse, according to
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The president of Bluefield State University retired this month, apparently in the wake of a highly critical report from the West Virginia institution’s accreditor, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel reported.
Three college students of Palestinian descent were shot Saturday night in Burlington, Vermont, VT Digger reported. Two are in stable condition and one sustained serious injuries, according to the Burlington Police Department.
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Evolving the Learning and Employment Ecosystem quintina.barne… Mon, 11/27/2023 - 03:00 AM Five ways institutions of higher education can support the skills-based ecosystem.
More than 300,000 people this month received acceptance letters from at least one college or university in their state − before they had even completed their applications. The sheer number of direct admissions programs has surged urged over the last decade. In 2015, Idaho became one of the first states to introduce the program – proactively admitting all public high school seniors to at least six in-state colleges and universities each year.
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The Florida Board of Governors voted on Nov. 9 to remove the Principles of Sociology from the list of core courses that the state’s public college students can take to fulfill their general education requirements. The news shocked sociology professors across the state, who say the ripple effects of such a decision could be disastrous. Students often rely on the course to satisfy the social sciences general education requirement.
Today on the Academic Minute: Jay Zagorsky, clinical associate professor at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University, revisits one powerful union that came and went.
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A suspect was arrested in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont, local police reported early on Monday, an attack under investigation as a suspected hate-motivated crime. A man with a pistol shot and wounded the three victims on the street near the University of Vermont in Burlington on Saturday evening and then ran away, police said in an earlier statement.
Mastering the Art of Quanti-Manipulation mprutter@mit.edu Mon, 11/27/2023 - 03:00 AM The need for statistical and data literacy has never been greater.
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