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Endowed Chairs and the "Dark Matter" of Higher Education

Higher Education Inquirer

More than a century ago, Thorstein Veblen and Upton Sinclair critically exposed the structure and history of US higher education. Yet there is still much that the public doesn't know about the higher education business. The Reemergence of "Fascism(s)" in US Higher Education Others have followed.

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Does the multiplication of alternative providers call for a new review of higher education?

HEPI

T his post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. The proposals of the Robbins Report on Higher Education considered the role of providers of tertiary education.

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Purdue Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon's Mockery of an "Asian" Language is Emblematic of a Wider Problem in American Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This has had real effects across the American higher education sector: since 2016, new international student enrollment had been decreasing year over year across colleges and universities in the United States, even before it plummeted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That is wonderful news. Dr. Stephanie K.

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Increasing Enrollment and Retention Through a Community of Care Approach in Higher Education

Faculty Focus

The success of higher education institutions rests on their ability to increase student enrollment and retain learners. Therefore, learners need flexible and supportive programs and care from all higher education personnel. ” Systematic reviews 5 (2016): 1-9. Care, Community, and Higher Ed Administration.”

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Increasing Enrollment and Retention Through a Community of Care Approach in Higher Education

Faculty Focus

The success of higher education institutions rests on their ability to increase student enrollment and retain learners. Therefore, learners need flexible and supportive programs and care from all higher education personnel. ” Systematic reviews 5 (2016): 1-9. Care, Community, and Higher Ed Administration.”

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Educational Institutions Play Vital Role in Teaching American Public

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bunch III came together to discuss the increasingly vital role public institutions play in teaching American citizens their country’s history, particularly the history of Black people. It’s a history that must be told and folks are doing it—but Dunn does it at a risk to himself and the people he teaches.” in September 2016.

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Tribal Colleges and Universities as Conduits for Intellectual and Political Sovereignties

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Alex Redcorn In higher education, we have inherited problematic and pernicious status quos focused on Eurocentric learning for Euro-American audiences toward social assimilation. that offer opportunities for postsecondary education at certificate, associate degree, bachelor’s degree, and master’s degree levels.