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Dr. Michael L. McFrazier Appointed Acting President at Prairie View A&M University After President Dr. Ruth Simmons's Early Resignation Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His professional research interests include first-generation college student academic self-efficacy and minority male academic achievement and mentorship. Outside of higher ed, McFrazier was a public-school teacher and administrator in the Waco Independent School District. He will lead PVAMU until Dr. Tomikia P. McFrazier holds a Ph.D.

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Building a Thriving Workforce for Early Learning Through Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Research suggests that the educational qualifications of pre-kindergarten teachers and the quality of their training significantly impact the effectiveness of early learning programs. This plays a key role inhibiting the recruitment and retention of skilled professionals.

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Going against the grain? Arts Based Research and the EdD: Resistance, activism and identity

SRHE

by Tim Clark and Tom Dobson There has been growing interest in the potential of arts-based research (ABR) methods to enrich educational inquiry ( Everley, 2021 ).

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Research co-creation may be the key to impact

SRHE

Previous research by the Centre discovered that pressures within schools dampen students’ expressed curiosity in questions about the nature of reality and human personhood and limit the development of their epistemic insight into how science, religion and the wider humanities relate. by Finley Lawson. Why is this divide important for SRHE?

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

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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Get Psyched! Explore the Top 5 Cities for Psychology Internships Abroad

AIFS Abroad

As a psychiatrist, therapist, clinical psychologist, or counselor you may need to communicate with patients from very different backgrounds; as a neuropsychologist, social psychologist, forensic psychologist, or other researcher-focused professional, you may be expected to work with people who come from or live outside the United States.

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Backlash as a university says its library will be 'all digital'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Still, UC Merced sought to create a model for a 21st-century academic research library. That included asking, among other questions, “Should the new research library have books or truly be an online operation?” Many research journals and ebooks may be accessed digitally. ” Besides, he suggests, context matters.

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