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Engineering success center opens at Boise State

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Boise State University opened its Micron Student Success Center earlier this year and will formally induct the space in April, offering a consolidation of resources for its engineering students to promote a sense of belonging and create a resource center. ’” explains JoAnn Lighty, dean of the College of Engineering.

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Black Enrollees at HBCUs More Likely to Obtain Bachelor’s Degrees

Insight Into Diversity

This trend in part is due to the increased likelihood of HBCU students pursuing high-earning majors, such as those in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields. Another key discovery is that less selective, broad-access HBCUs fare better than more selective HBCUs in improving students’ outcomes.

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Funding the Higher Education Sector: More funding, with wiser spending

HEPI

While I do not intend to dispute the need to increase spending on higher education, I will argue that there is a pressing need to improve the formulae which we use to allocate funding across our sector. The remainder of the £2bn allocation is linked to a number of other research-related priorities. and 41.2%, respectively.

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Report Presents New Approach to Increasing Completion Rates at Public Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CCA’s completion-goals funding advocates for the funding to be allocated up front, thus giving public institutions the funds to provide adequate support services which will lead to improving outcomes and meeting state completion goals. The goal of virtually all colleges and universities is to increase retention and completion.

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Duke Invests in Community-Engaged Research to Increase STEM Access

Insight Into Diversity

recently allocated funding from its endowment to support seven faculty projects that will examine and address issues relevant to the surrounding population. Duke University is taking action to advance racial and social justice by investing in community-engaged research. The private university in Durham, N.C.,

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Why the Defense Department is poised to become HBCUs’ new best friend

University Business

A National Science Foundation (NSF) report found that the Department of Defense’s Federal allocation of colleges’ science and engineering programs topped over $2.5 Funding to Johns Hopkins University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Penn State University comprised more than half of the Defense’s allocation.

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Should this university become its own K12 school district? Regional leaders are split

University Business

Brent Taylor want Campus School, University Middle School and University High School to form their own school district, unrestrained from Memphis-Shelby County School District enrollment caps and budget allocations. Instead, the university is purely seeking to match the community’s evolving needs, she added.