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TORY VERKAMP

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tory Verkamp Tory Verkamp has been named vice chancellor for university advancement at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She served as assistant vice chancellor of university advancement.

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Delivering civic value to communities – the impact of UK universities’ social science research

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr. Ed Bridges , Head of Policy & Public Affairs at the Academy of Social Sciences. UK universities have increasingly had to speak the language of ‘impact’, which has become another addition to the sector’s lexicon of buzzwords.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

That’s why Saleema, a young Afghan woman studying at University of the People , now presents as Madison from California in her online Principles of Business Management course. Image: When the Taliban banned women from pursuing higher education, they did not simultaneously extinguish half their citizens’ educational ambitions.

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Why not HE? The reasons those from under-represented backgrounds decide against university

SRHE

All participants were in the final year of their level 3 programmes and on courses that would qualify them for university entry, if they chose this option. They included concerns over the cost of university-level study. Code of Practice on Research Integrity , Edinburgh Napier University, [link]. References.

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Two Tri-C professors sue administrators for retaliation

Inside Higher Ed

First of all, students of color, students who lack technology, it’s poor students.” “The students at Metro, do not, by our own data, do well in a virtual, online environment,” Lanier, assistant professor of counseling, psychological and access services, told the news outlet.

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3 Questions to Syracuse’s Chancellor Kent Syverud on Potential ED Changes to the Bundled Services Exemption

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation With all the conversation about the Department of Education (ED) review of the bundled services exemption , I thought it would be instructive to hear from a university leader on the subject. Kent Syverud , Chancellor and President of Syracuse University, graciously agreed to answer my questions.

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Post-Traditional Students are the New Premium Students

eLiterate

First, post-traditional students being recruited aggressively by a surprisingly broad swath of colleges and universities. Terry Hartle, senior vice president of government relations and public affairs at the American Council on Education tells us that selective schools have done well, as have schools in states with growing populations.

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