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

University Business

The stream of graduate schools opting out of the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings may be growing to include entire universities, but what these schools will do to market themselves effectively remains unanswered. When Yale Law School opted out in November, a flood of other law schools, such as U.C.

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This is the biggest misperception keeping Hispanic students from attending college

University Business

She and her parents knew of only a few career paths: doctor, nurse and engineer (her parents were janitors for an engineering firm). After law school, I returned to school for an MBA, where I was guided into advertising. As an undergrad, I majored in biology and took many creative elective courses along the way.

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What’s Really Wrong with the College Rankings

Inside Higher Ed

Brian Rosenberg, president emeritus of Macalester College and a visiting professor in the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has written the best article that I’ve read on the recent decision by leading law schools to boycott the US News ratings. Blog: Higher Ed Gamma. College ratings take various forms.

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State of Black America Report Focuses on Extremism

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is driving the way people vote, it’s driving what school boards do, it’s driving what governors do. They also call for the teaching of unvarnished history in schools—a call echoed in another essay about the “parents’ rights” movement, which has made swift progress in censoring “controversial” racial topics.

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President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

University Business

Over the past two weeks, the higher education landscape has seen a handful of shifts in school leadership. Some individuals decided to assume the presidency at another school and one who took a step down to pursue their dream job. First-time president Xavier A. Cole, will become the president of Loyola University New Orleans.

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The 50 most in-demand skills for graduates of your master’s programs

EAB

Software development” and “software engineering” appeared among the top 50 in-demand skills. 2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them. Struggling to set graduate enrollment goals? Here’s our step-by-step guide. November 14, 2022. November 9, 2022. November 7, 2022. October 26, 2022.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Presented with two cases about race-conscious admissions – one regarding the University of North Carolina and the other involving Harvard University — the conservative-leaning court ruled along partisan lines that the two schools’ affirmative action programs violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.