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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Latinos are key when it comes the nation’s engineering and technology workforce, according to a new joint report from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the Latino Donor Collaborative (LDC). in 2003 – and 7.5% are immense. trillion, despite comprising only 19.1% of the U.S. population. rise from 7% to 13.6%.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From 1998 to 2003, Floyd served the university before going on to lead the University of Missouri and Washington State University. Floyd Hall—home to the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences facility— named in honor of the school’s sixth and first African American president to lead WMU.

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Collaboration vs. Competition in Higher Ed

The University Innovation Alliance

Elevating Institutional Collaboration Dr. Gibson acknowledged that competition for limited resources is all too common within university systems: “Departments and entire institutions are being very, very guarded in the area they're serving. in educational psychology.

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Collaboration vs. Competition in Higher Ed

The University Innovation Alliance

Elevating Institutional Collaboration Dr. Gibson acknowledged that competition for limited resources is all too common within university systems: “Departments and entire institutions are being very, very guarded in the area they're serving. in educational psychology.

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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

The University Innovation Alliance

She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. How do you keep collaboration going when not everybody is in-person? So I acted like I was running my research group.

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Effective Sharing in Higher Ed Leadership

The University Innovation Alliance

Effective Sharing in Higher Ed Leadership Pitching Ideas That Scale bridget Thu, 12/14/2023 - 06:00 Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom Collaboration begins with sharing ideas in the spirit of all partners benefitting from what each brings to the table.

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Leadership at All Levels of Higher Ed

The University Innovation Alliance

“When I came back to West Virginia, I wrote a Strengthening Community Colleges project in collaboration with colleagues in Parkersburg. Sometimes that collaborative approach will be more successful.” And that got us the grant. How do we fix it?’ His work has appeared in The New York Times and USA Today, among other publications.