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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

I suspect this pattern of continuous review and adjustment will define all of higher education in this country going forward.” Previously frozen programs are those in African studies, Asian studies, film studies, French, museum studies, music, music education and world religions, professors said.

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Announcing 8 degrees, 3 Professional Certificates, and a growing catalog of generative AI content to help learners build skills of the future 

Coursera blog

To help learners adapt to this new future, Coursera is announcing new degrees, Professional Certificates, and other content offerings from leading universities and industry educators. Graduates will be prepared for data science careers in business or industry. “As The first cohorts are expected to begin in August 2023.

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Number of Ph.D.s conferred dropped 5.4% in 2021

Inside Higher Ed

Mathematics and computer science and engineering stayed relatively steady year over year. So did psychology and the social sciences broadly, with the exception of fields including anthropology, which dropped from 447 Ph.D.s Education degrees awarded fell 10 percent year over year. awarded in 2020 to 400 in 2021.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

which traced its history to the union of Leicester Academy, founded in 1784, and the Becker Business College, which opened in 1887. It also was a serious loss for the Worcester region because of Becker College’s long and impactful history in the area and the prominence of several academic programs.

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As I take my leave.

Dr. Missy Alexander

So have the changing attitudes toward higher education. It has been, well, an interesting time to be in higher education. Our responsive approach is something that I am immensely proud of; we worked together to keep education going, under the direst of circumstances.

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Academic experts offer advice on ChatGPT

Inside Higher Ed

Michael Mindzak, assistant professor in the department of educational studies, Brock University. Ted Underwood, p rofessor of information sciences and English and associate dean of academic affairs in the School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Don’t Abandon Pencil and Paper.

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