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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Among those ages 25–59 who are English majors, the median earnings of Black graduates in 2010–14 was $46,000 and the median for Latino grads in 2009-2013 was $48,000. Meanwhile, for English grads overall from 2009-2013, the median was $53,000, according to the report.

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Iran forces dissenters out of universities

Inside Higher Ed

Reports of scholars being retired early or dismissed indicate that the Iranian government has ordered a cleansing of academia in the wake of protests that have gripped the country since September. Demonstrations were triggered by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, who was accused of wearing her hijab “improperly.

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Harvard Biological Engineering Institute Receives $350M Gift

Inside Higher Ed

Wyss, a graduate of Harvard Business School, donated $125 million to establish the institute in 2009. “Since its founding 13 years ago, the Wyss Institute has been devoted to breaking down silos within and between academia and industry,” said Harvard University president Larry Bacow.

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Embedding Learning Styles and Neurodiversity to Educate the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow

Faculty Focus

Moreover, neurodiversity in academia illustrates the paradoxical rhetoric in uniform instruction. The interwoven relationship between workforce readiness, business and industrial development, and academia has existed since the beginning of public education in the United States (McNamara, 2009). Joerger, R. M., & Elliot, J.

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Health Equity, Working to Identify Effective Policy Interventions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2009, she’s been engaged in research relating to health services and health equity, she said. “My She said she chose to take on the USC appointment as her first faculty position and to continue in academia, in part, because she wanted to help uplift others. “I She has spent the better part of 14 years in this field.

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Embedding Learning Styles and Neurodiversity to Educate the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow

Faculty Focus

Moreover, neurodiversity in academia illustrates the paradoxical rhetoric in uniform instruction. The interwoven relationship between workforce readiness, business and industrial development, and academia has existed since the beginning of public education in the United States (McNamara, 2009). Joerger, R. M., & Elliot, J.

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Why we must improve opportunity and accessibility for adult learners

University Business

Meanwhile, student enrolment from those who are 30+ has steadily declined since 2009, opting instead for remote and part-time options. Thanks to their practical experience in a similar or respective field to their chosen studies, they also offer innovation to academia. The highest average age range in this percentage was 21-24.