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What is a ‘research culture’?

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by GR Evans Should higher education providers foster a ‘research culture’? As the body responsible for research under the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), UK Research and Innovation offers its own definition. Research is a relative newcomer to the work of English universities.

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Research ethics committees should rethink risk

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There are good reasons why institutional human research ethics committees (RECs) or research ethics boards (REBs) are needed in higher education institutions – namely, to ensure research participants are treated in accordance with a set of agreed standards and principles.

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It may be time to rethink the college minor (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Rethinking the Minor Four-year institutions can learn much from the partnership between the community colleges and corporations like the Ford Motor Company. The research on college minors and their effects on student outcomes is scant if not nonexistent. It may be time to rethink the college minor. This shift in thinking is not new.

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The Policy, Research, & Practice Disconnect

Dr. Al Solano

The disconnect between policy, research, and practice is extraordinarily real for college practitioners. The intersection of policy, research, and practice at the center of this Venn diagram is often an illusion. A recent research paper analyzed community college institutional research office mission statements.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By participating in this internship, students will enhance their research skills, gain pre-professional experience and expand their network of CSUSB students, staff and faculty,” says Morales. Six years ago, the university transitioned from a quarter to a semester system, significantly streamlining the path to degree completion.

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Focusing on Mental Health Challenges Facing Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Elisabeth Lackner, director of institutional research at Queensborough Community College (QCC) in New York City, said the report reflects what QCC students experience. “We Respondents to both CCSSE and SENSE report mental health concerns. The report draws a clear correlation between positive mental health and academic persistence.

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‘An Invisible Tax’: Study Finds That Schools Lag in Utilizing Data

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Colleges and universities generate vast amounts of data every day, spanning from the research findings of their scholars to the log-in times of their students to learning management systems. Borgman, distinguished research professor in information studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, one of the study’s authors.

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