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Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

-based Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), one of the nation’s premiere education research and policy centers, Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper has a vision. Since taking the helm of IHEP in 2008, Cooper’s been out front influencing national education policy.

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College Degree Still Sound Investment, Despite Rising Tuition

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Earning a college degree is still a sound investment, although the rate of economic return varies across college majors and student demographics, according to a new American Educational Research Association (AERA) analysis of 5.8 It relied on 2009–2021 data from the U.S. million Americans.

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

The University Innovation Alliance

Co-Host: Bridget Burns , CEO, University Innovation Alliance Dr. Doug was managing editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education from 1999 to 2003, after working at The Chronicle since 1986 in a variety of roles. He began his career as a news clerk at The New York Times.