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VUU Webinar Discusses NSF Funding and STEM Research at HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Federal support, funding opportunities, and advice were the topics of discussion at a Virginia Union University (VUU) webinar about STEM research at Historically Black colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Moore listed numerous NSF scholarships and programs beneficial to HBCU research in fields including STEM, data science, and computing.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dunn chose to attend Xavier as an undergraduate with hopes of becoming a medical doctor. Forging strategic partnerships Williams’s ability to connect HBCU students to graduate programs caught the attention of Emory University, where he would be recruited in 2014 as the director of Diversity, Community and Recruitment. it’s not quick.”

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Although the AAUP is highly concerned about post-tenure review programs that could lead to faculty members’ termination, it is even more concerned about the replacement of tenured with contingent positions, said the organization’s senior researcher. percent in 2004 to 54.4 percent in 2021.

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Can the English Major Be Saved?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Should research and scholarship by English faculty conform to the same model as that in the biological, brain, physical and social sciences—evaluated first and foremost by quantity and citations—or might it take different forms? The purpose and value of research in English. If so, how does it differ from linguistics?

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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.