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Here are the 5 academic programs emerging in 2025

University Business

Putting humans on Mars Researching potential life on Mars and exploring long-term solutions to establish human life beyond Earth may seem pretty “far out there,” GrayDI’s Senior Project Manager Monica Bilson concedes, but interest from industry and academia is hard to ignore. Healthcare expenditures in the U.S.

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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students navigate housing and food insecurity, transportation issues, and other limitations to access. Smith, an associate professor of higher education at University of Cincinnati, said basic needs such as food, housing, and mental health care are critical challenges that community colleges are trying to recognize and address.

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The outcome is bad for students and industries alike: a lack of social mobility and a lack of qualified workers. In biomanufacturing, biological materials and systems are used to make everything from pharmaceuticals to cosmetics and food. It’s a burgeoning industry, expected to grow 7% between 2020 and 2030.

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Boldly Future Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Leonard Williams, the director and professor of food safety and microbiology at N.C. SSWD is dedicated to encouraging and supporting young people from underrepresented minority groups to pursue studies and careers in food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences, and other STEM fields. Dr. Leonard L. This is a $1.5

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This includes a new Hispanic Serving Healthcare Professionals Graduate Certificate Program, which equips nursing graduate students of all backgrounds to provide culturally congruent care to Hispanic/Latino communities. “As Among the expanded resources are mental health services, food security initiatives and tailored educational pathways.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jane Close Conoley In terms of data, administration analyzes persistence rates, graduate rates, enrollment yield rates, GPA levels, the average number of credits taken per semester, financial aid needs, technology needs, and housing and food insecurity needs. These include a food pantry and the basic needs food services and meal programs.

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It's a Demographic Shift, Not a Cliff

Campus Sonar

So why is the higher ed industry (that claims to provide opportunity for all) branding this as a jump into a bottomless pit instead of embracing and planning for the shift? financial stability, affordable housing, job training, fresh foods, safe water, education, healthcare services, etc.).

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