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University of Rochester Black Studies Department to Accelerate Cluster-Hiring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The budding Black studies department at the University of Rochester will fast-track their hiring of faculty with the help of a $3 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. chair of faculty programs and departmental initiatives in the university's Black studies department. Dr. Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr. McCune, Jr.,

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New Impact Academy cohort represents 25 states, reaches 15,000 teacher-candidates annually

Deans for Impact

United in their shared vision of ensuring all PK-12 students access equitable, rigorous, and affirming learning experiences through well-prepared teachers, our newest cohort of 24 fellows lead educator-preparation institutions and programs spanning across 25 states and DC. School of Education, St. John Fisher University Judy A.

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US: ISU partners with University of Havana

The PIE News

Indiana State University has entered into an international partnership with the University of Havana , it was announced on April 12. The partnership will add to ISU’s roster of over 350 programs across 60 countries – some of these include Edge Hill University in Ormskirk in the UK, and the University of Zagreb in Croatia.

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How Vermont is winning the fight against falling enrollment

University Business

Higher education enrollment at Northeastern schools has collectively fallen into a downward spiral since at least 2017, a phenomenon that has plagued every region since the pandemic, according to National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data. University leaders also added that the decision would save the school $500,000 annually.

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Johns Hopkins Grad Students Successfully Unionize

Inside Higher Ed

Johns Hopkins University Ph.D. programs will be represented by TRU-UE in collective bargaining with the university,” university provost Sunil Kumar announced in a statement. That release says the university’s Ph.D. students have overwhelmingly voted to unionize. Hide by line?:

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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.

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What Faculty Know (and Don’t Know) About Transfer—and Why It Matters

Inside Higher Ed

These are some of the questions we set out to investigate in the latest effort of the Transfer Opportunity Project ( TOP ; one of the A2B group of projects) housed at the City University of New York. CUNY is the nation’s largest urban public university. Alexandra W. Vita Rabinowitz Alexandra W. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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