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State Support for Public Colleges, 2002-21

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Brian O’Leary and Nick Perez Explore how state and federal support has declined as a share of overall revenue — putting a greater burden on students — at more than 1,500 public colleges and universities between 2002 and 2021.

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Student Athlete Suicide Rates Have Doubled Since 2002

Inside Higher Ed

College athlete suicide rates have doubled over the past two decades, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

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University of Maryland president’s research will be reviewed for plagiarism

University Business

The article alleges that 1,500 words of a 5,000-word paper co-authored by Pines and published in 2002 were plagiarized from a tutorial website called “Surfing the Wavelets” that was last updated in 1996. Pines, a professor of aerospace engineering, was already part of the UMD faculty at the time his 2002 paper was published.

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College Closures Are in the News. But Higher Ed Added Thousands of Programs Over the Past 2 Decades.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Brian O’Leary and Audrey Williams June Randy Lyhus for The Chroncile Here is a closer look at how nearly 23,000 new academic programs were added from 2002 to 2022. College closures make headlines, but nearly 23,000 new academic programs have been added over the past two decades.

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KAVITA BALA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She arrived at Cornell in 1999 as a postdoctoral researcher and became an assistant professor of computer science in 2002. Bala earned her bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India, and received her master’s and doctoral degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies: Enhancing Learning Across Diverse Courses 

Faculty Focus

These differences in learning are related to a student’s cultural background, family structure, social and economic status, communication and language, and social identity (Gay, 2002). Therefore, learning becomes more meaningful, beneficial, and engaging (Gay, 2000, 2002). For example, many cultures celebrate different festivals.

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How many international students are there in the UK?

The PIE News

Indian and Nigerian students represented the biggest increase in study-related visa applications between December 2018 and December 2002, the data shows. Indian nationality surged from 13,100 to 142,200 within that time, while Nigerian nationality increased from 4,300 to 89,800. The post How many international students are there in the UK?

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