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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Did you happen to see Malcolm Gladwell’s article “ Princeton University Is the World’s First Perpetual Motion Machine ”? In 1977, when the university’s endowment stood at $2 billion, its freshman class was 1,585. ” Is Princeton truly a leader in these fields?

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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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Hard Truths That Higher Education Has Evaded for Too Long

Inside Higher Ed

Anyone who cares deeply about American higher education needs to come to grips with a series of hard and unpleasant truths: That this country’s system of postsecondary education relegates the students with the greatest needs to the most underresourced institutions. Without innovation no organization can thrive.

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Key Facts and Figures about the Graduate Technical workforce

HEPI

Midlands Innovation is a strategic research partnership of eight research intensive universities in the Midlands. HEPI is running a series of blogs with Midlands Innovation championing the role of technicians in higher education and research. per cent); to have graduated from a post-1992 university (55.3 Women represent 52.3

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

An excellent and diverse faculty is vital to individual colleges and universities and to our communities, states, nation and globe. colleges and universities, the faculty is less diverse than the students. To improve faculty diversity, college and university leaders need data. universities. Yet, at most U.S.

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How colleges measure and prove their value: Key podcast

Inside Higher Ed

A recent episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed ’s news and analysis podcast, examined the data and metrics colleges and universities are using—or should explore going forward—to gauge the value they provide to their students and other constituents. An edited transcript of the discussions follows. We have data from the U.S.

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Leveraging Partnerships to Support Local Workforce Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Working together, educational institutions can create more accessible and effective pathways for students to enter high-demand career fields. Brian Noller The Show-Me State has a Career and Technical Education (CTE) delivery system consisting of 518 local education agencies.