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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Among those ages 25–59 who are English majors, the median earnings of Black graduates in 2010–14 was $46,000 and the median for Latino grads in 2009-2013 was $48,000. Meanwhile, for English grads overall from 2009-2013, the median was $53,000, according to the report. in English. “[It

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UNC Chancellor Dr. Kevin M. Guskiewicz Appointed President of Michigan State University

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In 2013, Time magazine named him one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America” in 2013. During his time at UNC, he founded the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center; led the school’s $1.2

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UNCF, Steve Fund, and TMCF Partner for National Initiative to Support Mental Health at Black Colleges and Universities

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More than 60% of students met criteria for one or more mental health problems in 2021, an almost 50% increase since 2013. We are following the lead of Black college student leaders, faculty and administrators who have stewarded safe, racially affirming higher education spaces for decades.”

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Kenyon College President Dr. Sean Decatur to Depart for American Museum of Natural History

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Decatur Decatur has been the school’s president for almost a decade, his tenure having begun in 2013. Under his leadership, the school made impressive gains in student body strength and diversity, financial aid resources, faculty breadth and distinction, and campus enhancements. “It Dr. Sean M. 6 message to the Kenyon community.

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Report: Black Female Student-Athletes Face Lack of Diverse Support

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He added that the players deserve more Black faculty, more culturally responsive classrooms, and more Black head coaches and athletic administrators. Harper also compared the number of Black undergraduate women enrolled at each of the 16 universities in 2013 and 10 years later. It’s not fine. It’s absurd.

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Salovey to Step Down as President of Yale

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The percentage of freshmen who are Black, Latinx, or Native nearly doubled between 2013 and 2021, and the share of first-generation students climbed nine points to 21 percent. Yale also became more financially accessible: the number of incoming freshmen who qualify for Pell grants doubled from his first year to 22% at present.

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Tennessee State University President Dr. Glenda Glover Announces Retirement

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Glover – who was hired to lead Tennessee’s only land-grant, historically Black university in 2013 – said her voice was needed on a "more national platform," though she had no specific plans for the future. And now it's only appropriate that I announce my retirement from the place that gave me my start."