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The 5 subjects proven to give undergrads the best wage premium

University Business

Researchers who implemented a series of quantile linear regression models discovered that computer science and engineering had the highest wage premium, followed by business, health and math and science. ” Researchers analyzed survey data from 5.8

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As I take my leave.

Dr. Missy Alexander

Alongside healthcare, our human services programs are also evolving, with social work weaving in important questions of social justice and seeking collaborative partnerships with our criminal justice program as well as our addiction studies program. This change is driven by some gaps in outcomes in the model adopted 8 years ago.

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

At Penn State, he has co-led initiatives to enhance student success, grow interdisciplinary research, lead service teams focused on faculty recruitment and retention and helped develop a new budget allocation model. More from UB: The human toll of rampant college closures Retired Bradley Creed – Campbell University (N.C.)

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A Global Shift in Higher Education Requires a New Business Model: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 180 with Drumm McNaughton and Catherine Friday

The Change Leader, Inc.

7 November · Episode 180 A Global Shift in Higher Education Requires a New Business Model 36 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton This conversation–rooted in the findings of E&Y white paper: How are you balancing the books for a digital future? covers the global shift in Higher Education.

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When a college president is also a tech entrepreneur

Inside Higher Ed

“I put together a model to grow enrollment quickly, and we did. “That was a good model. The anonymous professor said the president has done exactly that through a past layoff attempt that was only reversed after alumni pressured the university to keep threatened positions in the humanities.).

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Presidential moves: Strong appointments and 2 headscratchers

University Business

Phillips will be responsible for revamping Chatham’s academic program catalog specifically in health sciences and liberal arts. Additionally, the private university is depending on her to build sustainable financial models and a steady stream of enrollment. Michael Avaltroni – Fairleigh Dickinson University (N.J.)

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Vassar connects two-year colleges and liberal arts colleges

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Campus leaders at Vassar College are on a mission to bring community college students to liberal arts institutions. They announced plans this fall to help 30 liberal arts colleges explore how to start programs modeled after Exploring Transfer, a 35-year-old summer bridge program for community college students at Vassar.