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Agnes Scott Receives $1M to Train Physician Assistants, Mental Health Counselors

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We are immensely grateful to Senators [Jon] Ossoff and [Raphael] Warnock for their support of our work to educate healthcare professionals, especially those who can make a difference in the lives of women and children,” said Agnes Scott College President Leocadia I. Ball, associate vice president and dean for graduate studies. “By

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College Revives Standardized Test Requirement

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The college adopted a test-optional policy for applicants to the Classes of 2025, 2026, and 2027 and a test-recommended policy for applicants to the Class of 2028 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Lee Coffin, the college’s vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid.

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UA Libraries’ Digital Archival Project Empowers Voices Among U.S.-Mexico Border Communities

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Serving as the heart of knowledge and scholarship in higher education, academic libraries are uniquely positioned to advance and support digital and data-driven storytelling and archival efforts, especially as they relate to marginalized communities. Mexico borderlands collections. Photograph of a Yaqui girl gardening in Mexico, 1938-1949.

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Does That Filipino Harvard joke in the New Yorker Sound the Death Knell for Affirmative Action?

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Harvard’s class of 2027 will be told if it’s thumbs up or down on March 30. He wrote it in 2012 to jokingly goad his lunch buddy, William Fitzsimmons, the Dean of Admissions at Harvard. And it may have actually fooled Harvard’s Dean of Admissions. The anxiety level is rising.

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New Health Care Schools Open with Emphasis on Workforce Development, Addressing Inequities

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Going forward, the multidisciplinary college will utilize public health education, research, and practice to eliminate health care disparities in underserved communities and develop a diverse workforce through graduate and undergraduate programs. George Mason University, College of Public Health.

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Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference

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Within UC’s decentralized model, the College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services & Information Technology (CECH) built a robust Student Services Center that provides guidance to students via a team of academic advisors, career development specialists, retention program managers, and a licensed counselor and social worker.

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Newly named president of College of Saint Mary backs out

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Chiang, at that time an engineering dean at Purdue University, cited a “focus on family and on current responsibilities at my home institution” for his change of heart. “Our president was in a contract that carried through 2027,” she said. South Carolina never officially announced his selection.

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