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A Pocket Guide to Academic Ranks - Inside Higher Ed
WEBJan 17, 2022 · A Pocket Guide to Academic Ranks. Explaining what titles mean for faculty members and academic administrators. By Kathy Johnson Bowles. “When I look at the position titles in academic affairs, I have no idea what they mean.”. While job titles in most higher education divisions seem straightforward, academic affairs structures its position ...
Efforts are making education for deaf students more accessible …
WEBApr 14, 2021 · Colleges and individuals are endeavoring to make education for deaf people more inclusive and accessible by developing technical vocabulary, training interpreters of color and ensuring greater access. Educational attainment for deaf people, according to the latest research from the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, has been ...
8 Tips for Balancing Grad School and Full-Time Work - Inside …
WEBJun 3, 2021 · No. 3: Work your classwork into your professional work, and vice versa. One of the most rewarding aspects of working full-time while completing graduate school is being able to put theory into practice and bringing real-world examples and issues to class discussions. Take advantage of your anecdotal evidence …
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Birth Dearth Approaches - Inside Higher Ed
WEBDec 14, 2020 · Most of them are projected to post stable numbers of graduates over the next five years. Afterward, all but one, Florida, are expected to see their graduating classes shrink between 2025 and 2037. Just two, Florida and Texas, are expected to have larger high school graduating classes in 2037 than they did in 2019.
More high school students are failing courses, creating problems …
WEBMar 7, 2021 · In St. Paul, 40 percent failed at least one class. In Kentucky, one high school reported that 65 percent of students failed at least one class; another school reported that among seniors 30 percent failed at least one class in fall 2020. Austin schools experienced a 70 percent jump in class failure rates between October 2019 and October 2020.
Pennsylvania system approves plan to merge six universities
WEBJul 14, 2021 · Courtesy of Mansfield University, Bloomsburg University and Lock Haven University. In the face of enormous public opposition, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors voted Wednesday to consolidate six system universities into two. The vote puts in motion a multiyear consolidation process that will combine California ...
Federal report shines light on historically underrepresented …
WEBMay 3, 2021 · Numerous equity and inclusion advocates within the sciences said they welcomed the NSF's report, which helps shed light on historically excluded groups within the sciences, particularly on one understudied group: scientists with disabilities. Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux, assistant vice president for diversity, …
How students want colleges to handle campus safety and security ...
WEBAug 1, 2021 · Safety and Security Preferences. Eight in 10 respondents in the Student Voice survey say they feel very (37 percent) or somewhat (43 percent) safe on campus. When students don’t feel totally safe, higher ed institutions may have a retention issue, since such students are potentially more likely to not finish college, says Huelsman.