[ad_1] Credit loss and lack of transparency around transfer policies and credit applicability can stymie a student’s journey to degree completion, prolonging graduation and increasing college costs. Often, students learn after transfer that many of the courses earned at one college are not accepted at their new institution, forcing them to repeat courses and limiting …
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[ad_1] More than three-quarters of students who entered college for the first time in fall 2021 continued their education (at their original institution or another college) in fall 2022, returning the so-called persistence rate to the average level seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center said in a report today. The …
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[ad_1] Ruth J. Simmons will deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Jefferson Lecture is the highest honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. Simmons is currently president emerita of three colleges: Smith College, Brown University and Prairie View A&M University. Simmons was …
[ad_1] Colgate University has added vocational and trade schools to its benefit for employees’ children. Colgate, like many colleges, has offered all children, aged 25 and under, of employees who have worked full-time at the university for at least seven years a grant of $33,311, not to exceed the tuition of a college. The college …
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[ad_1] Almost every Sunday morning, as part of my routine, I try to go to an 8 a.m. yoga class. I enjoy this class because of its flows. We start off slowly, transitioning from the chaos of the everyday lives we have left behind, into the intention and message of the day, and then into …
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[ad_1] The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters by Juliette Kayyem Published in March 2022 The book that has had the most significant impact on how I think about my higher ed job is Bryan Alexander’s Universities on Fire. In that book, Bryan connects the macro trends related to climate …
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[ad_1] The Paris Commune’s Long Shadow: Academic Minute Doug Lederman Wed, 07/26/2023 – 03:00 AM [ad_2] Source link
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[ad_1] On Friday morning, Texas A&M University announced its president had retired, citing the ongoing controversy over A&M mishandling the hiring of a Black professor. The already bad public relations worsened as the day went on. The head of the university’s Department of Communication and Journalism alleged that, despite now-former president Kathy Banks’s statements otherwise, …
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[ad_1] Carolyn Haskell, college and career success coordinator at Kennebec Valley College in Maine, heard from a concerned academic adviser at the college earlier this year that a student might be underprepared for an upcoming English 101 course. Haskell reached out to the struggling student and connected her with virtual tutoring through an adult education …
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[ad_1] More than half of recent graduates question whether they are properly prepared for the workforce in light of the rise of artificial intelligence, a survey finds. In addition to the 52 percent who question their preparedness, 46 percent feel threatened by the new technology, according to Cengage Group’s “2023 Graduate Employability Report.” This year’s survey of …
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