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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In his sophomore year of college, Williams had begun to struggle academically and financially, but the leadership and faculty at Xavier gave him the opportunity to continue his education. now retired, is a fellow Xavier alum who spent 21 years working at Xavier in the office of Graduate Placement. Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr.,

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VUU Webinar Discusses NSF Funding and STEM Research at HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Moore III, assistant director of the NSF’s Directorate for STEM Education (EDU), explained the various efforts that NSF has taken to support STEM research in higher ed, including for HBCUs. Whereas, if there's a connection – like data analytics or medical physics – then they get excited and they want to work with us.

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It will change higher education forever. ” As the AAUP puts it: “US faculty are steadily losing the rights of tenure, but far less from bombastic politicians weakening their protections than from universities quietly refusing to grant them.” The faculty is 7 percent Black and about 15 percent Latino.

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Can the English Major Be Saved?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

How have English departments responded to the canon wars, the globalization of Anglophone literature and the campaigns to decolonize the canon and embrace cultural criticism (not just literary criticism)—and has their reaction undercut the rigor and quality of the education and training the departments provide? into their operations?

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Higher Ed Mergers and Acquisitions Activity with Gerry Czarnecki | Changing Higher Ed 011

The Change Leader, Inc.

In another example, New York University is not charging their medical school students any tuition. NU acquired Northcentral University (pending appropriate WSCUC and DOE approvals), an online for-profit university that offers mostly graduate education programs at the master and doctoral levels.

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Mergers and Acquisitions In Higher Education: Mature and Declining Markets Give Rise to M&A Activity in Higher Ed

The Change Leader, Inc.

In another example, New York University is not charging their medical school students any tuition. NU acquired Northcentral University (pending appropriate WSCUC and DOE approvals), an online for-profit university that offers mostly graduate education programs at the master’s and doctoral levels.