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Colleges should help disadvantaged faculty attend conferences (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Category: Conditionally Accepted How much an institution helps pay for financially disadvantaged BIPOC faculty to attend conferences indicates how equitable and embracing it truly is, writes Reem Khamis.

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The Advantage of Disadvantage

Jon Boeckenstedt

Blog posts have half-lives of about 72 hours, and my most recent one is no exception. It It got some good traction on Twitter, although I believe many people are as tired of debating the SAT as I am; it was picked up and posted in the Chronicle of Higher Education morning update (and to my surprise […]

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In the search for jobs, should disadvantaged students behave more like middle-class students … or should the labour market change?

HEPI

Where do they think some of the best vocational education occurs if not on degree programmes in higher education institutions – whether that is a university, FE college or independent provider? million people who start at a US community college each year hope to obtain a Bachelor’s degree … but only 14 per cent do so within six years.

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Thinking Beyond College Rankings

MindMax

Cardona declared college rankings “a joke.” He made this bold statement in support of a broader point he presented in an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education : elite institutions “spend enormous resources to climb college rankings and compete for the most affluent, highest-scoring students.”

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Nursing Home Staffing in Disadvantaged Communities: Academic Minute

Inside Higher Ed

Travers, assistant professor in the Rory Meyers College of Nursing, focuses on the challenges of staffing nursing homes in disadvantaged communities. Today on the Academic Minute , part of New York University Week: Jasmine L. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?:

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The cost of participation: perceptions of higher education amongst young, white British males from areas of educational disadvantage

HEPI

Methods and approach In seeking to contribute to the evidence base, I was commissioned to conduct a study into the educational ambitions and motivations of young, white British males from five areas of educational and economic disadvantage across the North West of England.

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Nursing Home Staffing Suffers in Disadvantaged Communities

Inside Higher Ed

Travers focuses on how this issue plays out in disadvantaged communities. Travers is an assistant professor at NYU’s Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Section: Academic Minute File: 11-18-22 NYU - Nursing Home Staffing Suffers in Disadvantaged Communities.mp3 Event's date: Thursday, November 17, 2022 - 3:45pm Insider only: