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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

Paula Krebs Report on English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes draws on findings from a number of different sources, including the Hamilton Project, the National Humanities Alliance, the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, and Humanities Indicators. He also leads work at Humanities Indicators and holds a Ph.D.

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Showing the Human Face of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

We love his warmth, candor, and willingness to put a human face on the challenges of higher education leadership. Leaders Are Human, Too President Sorrell believes that a leader's willingness to show vulnerability can become a strength. It's really important that we just be human." They provide professional development."

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College Degree Still Sound Investment, Despite Rising Tuition

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Liang Zhang “Our cost-benefit analysis finds that on average a college degree offers better returns than the stock market,” said study coauthor Dr. Liang Zhang, a professor of higher education at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. It relied on 2009–2021 data from the U.S.

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The 5 subjects proven to give undergrads the best wage premium

University Business

million high school and college graduates participating in the American Community Survey (ACS) from 2009 to 2021, analyzing data across wage and salary earnings, gender, race/ethnicity, age, marital status, region of residence and level of education. .” Researchers analyzed survey data from 5.8

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Dismantling Global Injustices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. At URI, he teaches a wide range of classes on human rights, international relations theory, political violence, Black protests, and research methods. That experience proved to be life-altering.

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Dismantling Global Injustices - Dr. Brendan Skip Mark

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. At URI, he teaches a wide range of classes on human rights, international relations theory, political violence, Black protests, and research methods. That experience proved to be life-altering.

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Appreciating Our Colleagues

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in Maryellen Weimer’s blog in November 2009. Growth as a teacher, a scholar, and a human being is not nourished by those who only agree and endorse. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. I appreciate what my colleagues do for me. I have colleagues who indulge my need to blow off steam.