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Number of Ph.D.s conferred dropped 5.4% in 2021

Inside Higher Ed

Humanities and arts degrees fell 16 percent. In history, degrees conferred fell from 884 to 725. Townsend, co-director of the Humanities Indicators project at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, said the Ph.D. ” The “sharp drop" in humanities also stands out, Townsend said.

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Reflections on Fitzgerald and the Qatar World Cup (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In 2016, I traveled overseas to teach two general education courses at Carnegie Mellon University’s campus in Qatar. They were both American-focused courses, one on the history of American education and the other on the history of American public policy. men’s soccer star Christian Pulisic ?

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Honor and invest in Ukraine through scholarships (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In November, the four students from Ukraine organized a presentation that introduced our campus community to their nation’s history, geography, culture, food, dress, songs, customs, dances, entrepreneurial spirit and educational system. Mark Zupan has served as the 14th president of Alfred University since July 2016.

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Akilah Carter-Francique, the dean of Education, Health and Human Services at Benedict College and former executive director of the Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change at San Jose State University, says student-athletes have a huge voice in challenging the status quo. Four years later, 82.8%

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Professor's murder on campus raises urgent safety questions

Inside Higher Ed

The dean of students determined in February that Dervish had violated the student code of conduct and sanctioned him with expulsion for stalking, failure to comply with the directives of university officials and discriminatory conduct. Dervish has a history of troubling behavior.

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The Mindful Learning Framework

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Lesson #1: Thinking and learning In groups, have your students reflect upon their academic history and identify how they think and learn. It’s important to note that mindsets vary and humans are not always one or the other. Your content will be the driver for each of the principles. A fixed mindset does quite the opposite. Harper One.