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Data and Collaboration are the Key to Preserving Higher Ed’s Hard-Fought Equity Gains

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since the mid-1970s, the Latino college student population has increased fivefold, with one out of every five college students being Latino by 2017. Over the last four decades, Latino and African-American students were among the fastest-growing demographics in higher education. During the same 40-year period, Black enrollment doubled.

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Testy Appointed to Lead the Association of American Law Schools

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The long-standing collaboration between LSAC and AALS and the impressive histories and strengths of both organizations will ensure a smooth transition in July,” she continued. “In Testy served as Dean and Professor of Law at University of Washington School of Law from 2009 to 2017 and at Seattle University School of Law from 2005 to 2009.

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Report: Pandemic Dealt a Blow to Internationalization

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The report found that although 47% of institutions saw accelerating internationalization between 2017 and the start of the pandemic, only 21% described acceleration between 2020 and 2021. The percentage of institutions self-reporting a “high” level of internationalization dropped 15 points, to only 11%.

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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

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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). And as business owners, Latinos made up 50% of net new small businesses from 2007–2017. are immense. of the U.S.

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Meet Shai Reshef, the 2023 Yidan Prize Winner

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In 2017, a partnership was forged between the University of the People and the University of Edinburgh. This collaboration allowed Health Science graduates of the University of the People to further their education by completing a bachelor's degree at the prestigious University of Edinburgh.

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Tiffany Taylor Smith

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Taylor Smith is a noted leader in intercultural competence and joined the University of Dayton as an executive director for inclusive excellence education in 2017, before being appointed assistant vice president in 2021.

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Thinking Critically With Straightforward Talk on History of Racial Inequality

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White began teaching at Syracuse in 2017. Fang looks at more modern-day topics, says White, who explains their research paper served as a way for two former graduate school colleagues to collaborate. Before that, the Columbia Ph.D. graduate taught at Lafayette College for a few years.

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