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Veterans Day History and Policy Issues to Watch When Serving Veterans

WCET Frontiers

WCET Frontiers would like to honor our veterans by sharing about the history of Veterans Day and also share some updates on federal policy issues for institutions to watch that affect the process and delivery of Veterans benefits. In December 2010, Congress passed The Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2010.

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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

University Business

Integrating the arts into STEM (“STEAM”) has been in discussion since at least 2010, when the Rhode Island School of Design helped pioneer it. “We are emphasizing that even if the technology is good, success hinges on capturing human interest and fostering widespread human adoption.”

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The Evolution of Compliance For State Authorization of Distance Education

WCET Frontiers

Summary Releasing today, The History of State Authorization of Distance Education is an extensive review of the origins and evolution of state and federal oversight of consumer protection regulations in higher education. The History of State Authorization of Distance Education paper was commissioned by the State Authorization Network (SAN).

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The contested rise of ‘institutional autonomy’

HEPI

This post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. Between 2010 and 2014-15 the number of alternative providers rose from 94 to 122. This piece is the first part of two on the topic of institutional autonomy. 5] OUA, NW 8/2 (76). [6]

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Century-Old Institutions Paving the Way for DEI in Sports with Strategic Plan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Developing a plan The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has encouraged DEI programming since 2010, and it even offers a framework for institutions to build supportive environments for their athletes. Knowing the state of affairs right now in DEI, I’m really happy we are working on it.”

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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For four years, she served as program coordinator for University of Colorado Boulder’s Colorado Diversity Initiative in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). One of López’s examinations centered on media representation of the DREAM Act of 2010. Diversity matters in education are not foreign to López either.

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Bradford DeLong’s ‘Slouching Towards Utopia’

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century by Bradford DeLong. Worries that the future will be worse than the present are an excellent reason to read economic histories such as Bradford DeLong’s new book, Slouching Towards Utopia. Published in September 2022.

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