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Leveraging Materials Engineering to Improve Human Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Erika Moore Title: Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida Age: 31 Education: B.S., biomedical engineering, The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Since 2019, Moore Wealth has gifted over $30,000 in scholarships.

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English-taught programs outside the ‘Big Four’ tripled in 10 years

The PIE News

The growth in English-taught programs worldwide has been largely driven by a surge in programs from non-traditional destinations, which have tripled since 2014, and grew by 48% between 2019 and 2024. They added that this highlights the internationalisation of programs in East Asia, most notably for programs offered by Malaysian institutions.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs. Emerald Publishing Limited. Fletcher Jr.

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The divestment problem

University Business

A cornerstone of their cause is to pressure their institutions to divest from Israel and all corporations at their aid in the events following Oct. Similarly, student calls for their institutions to cut ties with Israel has a storied history. .”

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What Tyler Cowen Gets Wrong About What’s Wrong with Higher Education

Inside Higher Ed

His first concern is the potential for a diminution of status among elite institutions, brought on by universities prioritizing labor force-friendly majors such as computer science and engineering over the humanities and social sciences. Nothing about public disinvestment? I’ve read his books and blogs for years.

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A Multipronged Approach to Harnessing Virtual Reality to Advance the HBCU Mission

Faculty Focus

The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is an HBCU and the only public institution of higher education in the Nation’s capital. 2019; Morelot et al., Higher education institutions are active agents, but for HBCUs, it is imperative to find innovative approaches to uplift this historically underserved population.

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Staying Relevant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Natalia Rodriguez Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Associate Director of Population Health and Health Equity, Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering Age: 35 Education: B.S., chemical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S.,