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Study Reveals Key Factors Driving Student College Choice in 2025

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A comprehensive new study by education research firm EAB has identified the most influential factors shaping how students choose colleges, with academic program variety, campus safety, and student organizations emerging as the top three drivers of student attraction. The research, analyzing data from U.S.

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Black Men’s Mental Health Addressed During Black Men’s Research Institute Symposium

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) at Morehouse College hosted its first Spring Symposium addressing health issues for African American men. Curtis Center for Health Equity, Research, and Training at the University of Michigan and Dr. Dr. Walter M. and James L.

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Boston College Names Father Jack Butler as 26th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He has also demonstrated fundraising prowess, helping to secure nearly $40 million for academic and student life initiatives since 2019. "I

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Student Affairs Professionals Gather to Discuss Future of the Profession

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Strayhorn, a professor at Illinois State University and included student affairs leaders—all board members of the Dr. Melvin C. During Tuesday’s panel discussion, Terrell encouraged student affairs professionals to go on and earn a master’s and doctoral degree and then connect the research to the practice. “My

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The Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational (MCT) Foundation, Inc. Names 2022 MCT Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Terrell Educational Foundation by the Center for Advocacy and Philanthropy at the Educational Testing Service (ETS), the world’s largest private research and assessment organization. I am deeply committed to transforming the MCT Scholars through diversity, research, and scholarship” said foundation namesake and chair emeritus, Dr. Melvin C.

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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

The Scholarly Teacher

At times, however, that stone may feel like a boulder, especially to research faculty who are used to delivering lectures and to whom the switch to activity-based learning may seem like a daunting and demanding venture into unfamiliar territory. Instructor strategies to alleviate stress and anxiety among college and university STEM Students.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She taught in the physics section for two years, leaving when she became immersed in her doctoral research. Jackson is a Life Member Emerita of the MIT Corporation (MIT’s board of trustees). A dean at MIT suggested she look at some industrial research labs. After her postdoctoral fellowships, she was looking for a position.

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