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Fellowship Program Highlights the Work of Disabled Scholar-Activists

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The first cohort of fellows — whose projects ranged from a first-of-its-kind campus accessibility ranking to a digital zine examining the intersection of anti-Blackness, fatphobia, ableism , and incarceration — gathered at SFSU for a month-long workshop in July 2023. The dorms on the SFSU campus weren’t fully accessible.

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These are the top 10 colleges for cybersecurity education

University Business

Accredited by the Department of Homeland Security, the university utilizes technology that enables students to take a game-like approach to learn where they’re presented with simulations of cyberattacks and it’s up to them to solve them. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (3). George Washington University (4).

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university. We have supported Latinx faculty in continuing professional development through HACU (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities),” says CSULB President Dr. Jane Close Conoley. “We

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Which 2 groups can actually be hurt by the end of legacy admissions? One may surprise you

University Business

” While Colorado’s move to ban legacy admissions in 2021 didn’t affect UD since it’s a private university, Rinehart still disapproved, believing it hindered admissions officers’ professional judgment in admitting students. ” he said, according to The Colorado Sun.

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Unions organizing in states that lack collective bargaining

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Unions for Private University Grad Students Under federal law, private university employees can unionize—except, generally, tenured and tenure-track faculty, following a 1980 U.S. But Matthew Thomas, a Duke University Ph.D. ” “We become a union by acting like one,” she said.

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How University of Denver Strengthened its Strategy with an Improved Value Proposition

EAB

How University of Denver Strengthened its Strategy with an Improved Value Proposition University of Denver's partnership with EAB's Strategic Advisory Services About The University of Denver (DU) is a private research university in Denver, Colorado.

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Sustainability actions students take and want their colleges to take

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Johnson County Community College, which has signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment along with hundreds of other institutions since 2006, offers workshops to help faculty across academic disciplines integrate sustainability content into their courses, explains Antle. “Seriously.

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