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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Williams was raised Catholic and attended private institutions—he was often the only Black student in his class, or one of the few. He became what he calls “a student for everybody.” “I His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University.

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First-Time Graduate Enrollment Rises, But Declines Domestically

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Enyu Zhou The Graduate Enrollment and Degrees (GE&D) report – released by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) – showed that, between Fall 2020 to Fall 2021, first-time enrollment rose by 8.9%. Although the data shows higher first-time enrollment rates as a whole, for strictly U.S. for white students, 4.5%

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Report: Pandemic Dealt a Blow to Internationalization

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Internationalization means far more than study abroad programs and foreign exchange students. This includes partnerships with overseas institutions, faculty with international background and expertise, and curriculum. Meanwhile, as campuses emptied, international students had to remain. Some of them wanted to stay.”

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Report: Graduate Enrollment is on the Decline

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Though men were overall more likely than women to enroll full-time in Fall 2022, of the 508,646 graduate students who enrolled for the first time, 57.8% The number of students enrolling part-time decreased by 6.9% Latinx students saw a 5.7% decline and American Indian/Alaska Native students saw one of 1.6%. "We

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University of Maryland Reckons with the Past

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The project is already giving voice to the Greenleaf family, enslaved on Eversfield plantation, which is now home to the Xfinity Center, a hub for student activity and UMD’s basketball arena. Students know that there’s no way an institution this old has no ties to slavery,” said Hughes-Watkins. “I Hughes-Watkins agreed.

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Dear First Generation Student…

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Dear First-Generation College Student. Hear it straight from a first-gen and international student that, yes, you can do this. You belong.

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Investing in Community Colleges

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Since then, the recipient institutions have put their gifts of millions of dollars to use in several ways, seeking to enhance what they offer to the many – and often underprivileged – students that they serve. According to the college, the internal grant awards total approximately $1 million a year.