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Paul Quinn College to Create an Innovative Housing Model and a Mixed-Use Community

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In 2010, In 2010, the college converted its football field into a farm. Jakes Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, the first graduate program the school’s history. We believe this project will have a profound impact on student success and well-being, empowering them to focus on their education and future.”

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College Student Health Coverage Improves but Disparities Persist, GAO Finds

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that overall health coverage rates among undergraduate and graduate students aged 18-64 increased from an estimated 81% in 2010 to 92% in 2022, following the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Despite this improvement, approximately 1.6

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Kimberly Ford

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Just 12 years ago, a yearlong NCAA internship aimed at opening doors for women and minorities interested in professional jobs in sports administration, helped catapult Ford to a place at the top of her field. Ford’s wish: “To see in my lifetime that the work I am doing now is no longer needed.”

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Cruzado Wins 2024 Council of Fellows Mentor Award

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Waded Cruzado The annual award acknowledges the role mentors play in the success of participants in the ACE Fellows Program, which was established in 1965 to help prepare faculty and administrators for senior positions in higher education leadership. Each one was a teacher and I learned from them as much as I gave.

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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker Selected President of the NCAA

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Baker has no previous collegiate administrative experience but has spent most of his career in Massachusetts state government and a decade in health care administration. Emmert, who has led the NCAA since 2010. . Baker will replace Dr. Mark A.

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Report Provides Frank Data on Black PhD Holders in STEM Fields

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of people who earned these doctoral degrees from 2010–20 were Black Americans. Half of the top 20 bachelor’s degrees of Black STEM PhD recipients from 2010–20 were earned at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The debt load of those who did is disproportionately high.

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Many New Jersey Colleges Eligible to Apply for Mental Health Services Funding from State

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State agencies and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spoke of a mental health emergency among youth and schoolchildren in 2020, citing steadily rising rates of suicide from 2010-2020. “I Phil Murphy’s administration. I believe every school, hospital and private therapist out there did [see an uptick].