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JAMES T. OVERTON

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is his second time serving in the role, initially from 2005 to 2011. Overton holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Delaware State and a master’s degree in human resource management from Wilmington College in Delaware. Overton has been named chief of the police department at Delaware State University.

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Over all, we found that the number of assistant professors increased in 101 of 154 academic disciplines between 2011 and 2021. But this is not the case in education, in social sciences and in particular in the humanities, all of which are characterized by stable or declining demand for assistant professors. granting universities.

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Brown University Exhibit on Mumia Abu-Jamal to Highlight American Prison System

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He previously was given a death sentence, but that was overturned in 2011. What the exhibition and symposium will do — and what we do in the Mass Incarceration Lab — is humanize this phenomenon. The entire ordeal has prompted national debates about racial injustice and the death penalty.

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Inspiring Your Students to Write, Cite, and Avoid Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

Fernsten and Reda (2011) claim examining classroom practices that help challenge negative writer identity, especially in relation to formal academic discourses, may create greater student confidence to move through the multiple literacy tasks needed for academic research writing. American Journal of Educational Research. 2015; 3(6):736-741.

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TOEIC victims pitch Post Office-inspired TV Drama

The PIE News

International students wrongly accused of cheating on Home Office-approved English language tests between 2011-2014 were inspired by the success of the ITV Post Office drama, which sparked public outcry and persuaded politicians to look again at an unresolved scandal concerning the national postal service’s computer systems.

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The World’s Rising Scientific Research Nations

HESA

It’s through annual publications in all fields except Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, as measured through Scopus. Figure 1 picks out the nine biggest movers in scientific output, showing the percentage growth between 2011-2019, among countries with a minimum of 400 publications in 2011. The biggest gainers?

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5 Hip-Hop Quotes to Inspire College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

2. Wale (“Ambition”, 2011) “Move with aggression, use my mind as a weapon. 3. Big Sean (“Sacrifices”, 2017) “The human race is all about pacing. One major key to success in college is thoroughly reviewing and critiquing your work before a professor can. There is no luck when it comes to academic success.

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