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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

Dr. 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. But for women, that number falls to around $61,000.

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Ireland woos South Asians amid global policy shift

The PIE News

In recent years, Ireland has been attracting South Asian students with its biggest market in the region, India, sending over 7,000 students to Ireland in 2023 from a mere 700 in 2013. “The major issue with Ireland is its brand awareness among students. “The major issue with Ireland is its brand awareness among students. .

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Dr. Paula D. McClain

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Professor of Political Science/Public Policy Duke University Paula D. McClain is professor of political science and professor of public policy and dean of the graduate school and vice provost for graduate education, having moved to Duke from the University of Virginia in 2000. A Howard University Ph.D.,

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

We’ve done the same thing in the context of higher education. Another thing I’ve observed in higher education is a fishbowl, where students come and swim around in our courses and in our academic curriculum, but they fail to do anything with that knowledge outside of the context of the learning environment itself.

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An impossible task points to value of liberal arts (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

’” As a chemistry professor at a small liberal arts college, I was immediately intrigued and eagerly climbed into this rabbit hole, because in my courses on general chemistry, there are many concepts that would never occur to my students, even after several lectures and homework assignments.

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

We’ve done the same thing in the context of higher education. Another thing I’ve observed in higher education is a fishbowl, where students come and swim around in our courses and in our academic curriculum, but they fail to do anything with that knowledge outside of the context of the learning environment itself.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

The First Amendment and academic freedom are the cornerstones of higher education.” He said he looks “forward to working with Auburn University, charting a new and positive path toward achieving our educational mission. ” Stern was removed as chair of his department in 2018 but has remained a professor at Auburn.