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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“If colleges of engineering, colleges of science, and quite frankly non-STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) academic units would build the infrastructure that CEED has, they, too, would see an increase in the achievement, success, graduation, and graduate enrollment for first-generation and underrepresented students.”

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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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Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr.: Pioneering Theoretical Physicist Bridges Mathematical Worlds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It shows Gates shaking hands with President Barack Obama, who had just presented him with the National Medal of Science an honor Gates says he didnt even know existed until he began service on the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, or PCAST, in 2009.

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Partnership and Policy for Academic Advising

The University Innovation Alliance

Although he returned to the private sector after his tenure in the Obama Administration, Secretary Duncan generously shared his views on the need for institutions to support student success, the need for government to encourage institutions in this effort, and the urgency for moving ahead with these initiatives. Secretary of Education.

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The Evolution of the Mental Health Conversation Among College Students

Timely MD

The number of students seeking help at campus counseling centers increased by 40% between 2009 and 2015. Another survey by the Born This Way Foundation and Mary Christie Institute found that 1 in 5 college students already benefit from peer counseling , with rates significantly higher among Black, transgender, and first-generation students.

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The Evolution of the Mental Health Conversation Among College Students

Timely MD

The number of students seeking help at campus counseling centers increased by 40% between 2009 and 2015. Another survey by the Born This Way Foundation and Mary Christie Institute found that 1 in 5 college students already benefit from peer counseling , with rates significantly higher among Black, transgender, and first-generation students.