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New HBCU Medical College in NOLA Will Confront Medical Inequities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They expect it will continue to boost the local economy, still recovering from Hurricane Katrina’s impact almost 20 years ago and will also allow for greater collaboration with other medical schools in the area, like Louisiana State University and Tulane University. This can be me.” Drew University of Medicine and Science.

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Billion-dollar business: These are higher ed’s top 30 R&D performers

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billion on research and development in math, science, engineering and other major fields during FY 2021, an increase of $3.4 Higher ed R&D got a jolt from the largest increase in federal R&D spending since 2011, when Great Recession relief funding came to the rescue. Academic institutions spent $89.9

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Laser focused: what are the benefits of single-subject institutions?

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From art colleges to medical schools, specialised higher education institutions are nothing new. However, Kaplan Pathways’ latest partner, The Engineering & Design Institute London takes this concept a step further, offering just one subject — Global Design Engineering.

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U.S. News rankings out, digital marketing in?

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When Yale Law School opted out in November, a flood of other law schools, such as U.C. Soon enough, medical schools from Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania quit it as well. Harvard’s schools of law and medicine both took the high road. Berkeley and Georgetown, followed suit. ” U.S.

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Georgia: int’ls double amid Ukraine crisis

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They mainly come to our medical school, but there are students in other faculties such as business, international relations, IT and psychology,” Shengelia told Belgium-based publication Equal Times. More than 500 students have transferred to our university from Ukraine following the war.

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The Catalysts for Competency-Based Learning and Prior Learning Assessments Have Arrived

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By neglecting these paths and leaving them to others, traditional higher education leaves itself vulnerable while failing to serve its mission to students and the public good. Mr. Hadhad was midway through medical school when he fled Syria. Here’s a guy who was halfway through medical school when he arrived.

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Howard University Takes Affirmative Step, All HBCUs Need More Support

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Racial exclusion from this nation's institutions of higher education has been the norm throughout the vast history of the U.S., HBCUs send more Black applicants to medical schools than predominantly white institutions, including the Ivy League schools. We can also do more than that.