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How Much Do Noninstructional Employees Earn?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Here's a sector-by-sector look at changes in average annual pay for workers in selected noninstructional jobs from 2016-17 to 2021-22. Jobs that fall into the category of noninstructional include business and financial operations; computer, engineering, and science; librarians, curators,…

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Laser focused: what are the benefits of single-subject institutions?

The PIE News

However, Kaplan Pathways’ latest partner, The Engineering & Design Institute London takes this concept a step further, offering just one subject — Global Design Engineering. Kaplan International Colleges, London, 2016. From art colleges to medical schools, specialised higher education institutions are nothing new.

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A 1998 proposition eliminated most bilingual programs in California schools, and although it was reversed in 2016, there is still a shortage of teachers who speak multiple languages. One such venture is Project Propel, which is seeking to increase the number of multilingual teachers in the region.

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New HBCU Medical College in NOLA Will Confront Medical Inequities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Xavier and Ochsner, who first collaborated in the 1980s at Xavier’s College of Pharmacy, began serious planning for the creation of a medical school as early as 2016, but the COVID-19 pandemic put those plans on pause. Morgan State University has plans to open an osteopathic medical school in 2025. Reynold Verret.

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Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson to Become President of San José State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education Hispanic serving institution (HSI) designation in 2016; received the Seal of Excelencia certification in 2021; created the Mays Center for Experiential Learning and Community Engagement; developed the Engineering Technology/Cyber Security Research Center; and established the Institute for Autism and Related Disorders.

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Georgia: int’ls double amid Ukraine crisis

The PIE News

The Study in Georgia initiative was set up in 2016. In 2018, a spokesperson for Study in Georgia explained that medical, business and engineering programs were the most popular among international students. A half of the new students – about 11,000 – are from India and the African countries of Morocco, Nigeria and Algeria.

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

Inside Higher Ed

Kelly Kang, who manages the survey for the NSF’s National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, said the pandemic indeed “appears to be one of the factors in a significant decline in the number of doctorate recipients in 2021.” Mathematics and computer science and engineering stayed relatively steady year over year.