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Harvard Names Dr. Claudine Gay to Presidency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gay, dean of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will succeed current Harvard President Dr. Lawrence S. Gay’s appointment marks the first time a person of color will lead the nation’s oldest and one of its most prominent postsecondary institutions. Claudine Gay, president-elect of Harvard University.

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Does College Need to Be 4 Years?

Inside Higher Ed

Seven years of college down the drain”? You’ve heard the arguments before, I suspect: “ College Doesn’t Need to Take Four Years. You’ve heard the arguments before, I suspect: “ College Doesn’t Need to Take Four Years.” ” College, say Wall Street Journal contributors Scott L.

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The Equity Imperative ?of the Place-Bound Student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She possesses an associate degree earned in her early 20’s from her local community college. identified as place-bound , according to the American Council on Education (ACE) Center for Policy Research and Strategy (Hillman, Nicholas, & Weichman, 2016). While online education has grown exponentially in the U.S., Lawrence A.

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Should accreditors help higher ed identify what’s good enough for them?: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 143 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Ralph Wolff

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Changing Higher Ed Podcast 143 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Ralph Wolff: Should Accreditors Help Higher Ed Identify What’s Good Enough for Them? View the podcast transcript Now more than ever, accreditation is essential in higher education. Accreditors are beginning to look more at outcomes.

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The NASH Improvement Model

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Beyond Transfer The broken record of broken transfer seems to be on constant repeat in the higher education sector. One key barrier to improving outcomes involves the way that higher education institutions typically identify and implement solutions, often derided by those working in the trenches as “solutionitis.”

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Study finds true faculty diversity is possible by 2050

Inside Higher Ed

Image: College and universities will need to diversify their faculties at about 3.5 Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication and information science at Cornell University; Neil A. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, the researchers found that the racial diversity of U.S. Meanwhile, the U.S.

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How colleges measure and prove their value: Key podcast

Inside Higher Ed

Colleges are under growing pressure to prove their value to students, parents, legislators and others. Inside Higher Ed : Michael, you were on The Key last spring talking about the price earnings premium that you and Third Way had developed to measure value in higher education. We have data from the U.S.

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