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Freshman enrollment is up for the first time since 2019

Inside Higher Ed

million freshmen enrolled in a college or university last semester, a 4.3 million freshmen who enrolled in 2019, “this is a very promising sign for higher education,” said Doug Shapiro, the research center’s executive director. percent increase over fall 2021 and a healthy jump from the 2.24 and 2 percent.

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High-achieving Indian alumni honoured in UK

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The National Indian Students and Alumni Union UK honoured a group of high-achieving Indian alumni from British universities, celebrating the ‘living bridge’ between the two nations. The India-UK Achievers Honours celebrate the professional and social contributions of Indians who have studied in the UK.

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

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Newly available data from the National Science Foundation suggest that the first full year of the pandemic had a major, negative impact on graduate students’ ability to finish their Ph.D.s. awarded between the 2019 and 2020 academic years. In numbers, 52,250 research doctorates were awarded across fields in 2021.

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How to Increase Scientific Literacy

Inside Higher Ed

” In other words, that which isn’t science is a trivial and inconsequential waste of time. ” Those words give vivid expression to a deep divide between those who value creative writing and the arts and those who attach the greatest importance to scientific inquiry, I sense that my students tend to fall into one of two camps.

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Report: International graduate student enrollment booms by 100% since the pandemic

University Business

And since fall 2019, enrollment across both undergraduate and graduate programs has decreased by 5.8%. International graduate student enrollment continues to rebound since the pandemic froze students in place, and new countries and regions favoriting a U.S. since being deferred by the pandemic in 2020. decrease in enrollment in fall 2022.

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Preparing for the Next 330 Years (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

Column: Letters to the Editor In 2018, at the very first of what would become many campus listening forums to help shape the framework of the university’s strategic plan, President Katherine A. To educate for impact, a university evolves and does it within its core values.

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Advocating for Student Preparedness with the Implementation of a Pre-Course 

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Ensuring a successful educational experience for our students is akin to the art of culinary development, where thoughtful preparation is fundamental. Designing effective pre-courses Pre-courses can be utilized in a variety of disciplines such as biology, engineering, psychology, economics, anatomy, and physiology, etc.