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Study finds true faculty diversity is possible by 2050

Inside Higher Ed

This is the upshot of a new analysis in Nature Human Behavior that challenges the persistent idea that faculty diversity amounts to a “pipeline” problem. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, the researchers found that the racial diversity of U.S. population in terms of race by 2050.

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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Alphabet Soup

Susquehanna President's Blog

Alphabet Soup - Higher-Education Organizations There are dozens of national, international, and regional organizations supporting higher education. They work on policies and best practices for research and scholarship in higher education. They focus on expanding access to all students. They have over 400 member institutions. ยท

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How colleges measure and prove their value: Key podcast

Inside Higher Ed

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. In 2020, we released a paper about a new way of evaluating institutions of higher education. We have data from the U.S.

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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

Podcast Highlights RSIs are their communitiesโ€™ primary or only post-secondary education access point and are their most critical employer by launching businesses and consuming most of their goods and services. Also, donโ€™t fully disregard liberal arts education since students still need a well-rounded education.

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A state's plan to calculate the "economic value" of a degree

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Amid faltering enrollment rates and increased national scrutiny of the price and worth of a college education, Colorado is weighing a new formula to measure the “economic value” of degree programs offered by the state’s public institutions of higher education.

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The role of the liberal arts in an era of skills-based hiring

Inside Higher Ed

“I’m not hearing this morning about a migration away from the liberal arts, or the death of the liberal arts,” Daniel Lugo, president of Queens University of Charlotte and the session’s moderator, said to the three female executives on the stage with him.