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Dr. Ellen M. Granberg, George Washington University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

George Washington University President Dr. Ellen M. Granberg commits herself to building on the institution’s legacy in education, research, and scholarship as well as its notable patient care and service.

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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

Higher education stakeholders have been transfixed by declining student enrollment numbers in the past decade, which were only exacerbated further by the pandemic. The University of Arkansas, for example, has welcomed a record number of students this school year, topping 32,000.

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Student Affairs Professionals Gather to Discuss Future of the Profession

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With the goal of infusing scholarship into practice, thousands of student affairs practitioners from colleges and universities across the nation gathered in Boston to strategize about the future of the profession. Terrell Educational Foundation. The panel included Drs. This has translated as mentoring in my professional life.

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Affirmative action reaction: Higher ed leaders weigh in on Supreme Court’s decision

University Business

Its decisions to rule against affirmative action have struck a nerve with higher education leaders. But Wesleyan University President Michael S. Roth and Amin Abdul-Malik Gonzalez, Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, find the ruling tone deaf.

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Helping Afghan women back into higher ed

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Since the Taliban suspended the rights of Afghan women to pursue higher education last month, many American higher education institutions and leaders have decried the ban. A few are going further, asking what they can do to help Afghan women regain control of their academic futures, whether through scholarships to U.S.

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University of Austin, the self-proclaimed antidote to college campus ‘illiberalism,’ is now accepting fall 2024 applications

University Business

After announcing its founding in 2021, the University of Austin has won approval to issue liberal arts degrees and is now accepting undergraduate students for fall 2024, The Texas Tribune reports. I mean that quite literally…” the university stated on X, formerly known as Twitter. Summers and playwright David Mamet.

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Which 2 groups can actually be hurt by the end of legacy admissions? One may surprise you

University Business

Wesleyan University President Michael Roth described how it played a “negligible” role for years before the institution halted the practice. In light of the confusion and half-truths, some higher education leaders believe that banning legacy admissions may be causing more harm than good.