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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

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Paula Krebs Report on English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes draws on findings from a number of different sources, including the Hamilton Project, the National Humanities Alliance, the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, and Humanities Indicators. He also leads work at Humanities Indicators and holds a Ph.D.

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Employers Seek ‘Success Skills’ Among Potential Employees: Report

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The report summarizes a decade of studies, between 2013 and 2023, and analyzes job postings in 16 SREB states. At a time when we’re all learning how AI can do routine tasks, these are the qualities that set humans apart from machines,” said SREB President Dr. Stephen L.

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Creating Safe Spaces for Black Students

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Ellen Pinderhughes, Tufts University; Angela Patton, Girls for a Change; and Eunique Jones Gibson, Because of Them, We Can Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “In the words of Wilma Rudolph, ‘never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. Congressman from Maryland.

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Access Agreement Will Allow Independent Testing at Poe Hall

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Dr. Darren Masier, an assistant professor of human resource management at Meredith College, worked as a graduate student at Poe Hall between 2009 and 2013. Independent testing is slated to begin the week of July 29 and last for one week. Masier, through The Law Offices of F.

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A Snapshot in Time: The Cancer Cluster at NC State

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and his client Dr. Darren Masier, an assistant professor of human resource management at Meredith College, had petitioned for an independent examination of the potential cancer cluster at Poe Hall at North Carolina State University (NC State). Masier spent hours within Poe Hall as a graduate student and assistant between 2009 and 2013.

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Breaking the Silence: Mental Health and Trauma on Campus

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Between 2013 and 2021, college students’ rates of depression and anxiety have increased by 135% and 110% respectively, according to research conducted by Boston University in 2021. “The core mission of higher education is to educate our young people and put them into leadership roles for our society in the future,” said Williamson. “If

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HBCU Advancement Teams: Don't Underestimate the Power of the Individual Donor

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Their Passions Donors continue to prioritize Education in the top three giving categories (Religion, Human Services and Education). One may be pleasantly surprised to find that a $5 cup of coffee at Starbucks will go a long way in this post-pandemic era that, in some ways, has returned to holding dear simple things such as human interactions.

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