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Business and Health Professions Lead Faculty Growth as Humanities Decline, CUPA-HR Report Finds

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Business has been the highest-paid discipline since 2015-16, with Computer Science, Engineering, and Legal Professions consistently ranking among the top four highest-paid fields throughout the period. The highest-paid disciplines have remained relatively consistent over the two decades studied.

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Layla Merrifield, Wisconsin Technical College System

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Prior to her current role, was the executive director of the Wisconsin Technical College District Boards Association, an organization representing the trustees of the 16 Wisconsin technical colleges district boards, since 2015.

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Survey: Majority of Employers Express Confidence in Higher Ed

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According to a 2023 Gallup poll, 36% of respondents had “a great deal of confidence” or “quite a lot of confidence” in higher ed, a significant decline from 48% in 2018 or 57% in 2015. Learning that involved oral communication (81%) and adaptability/flexibility (81%) were seen as the most desirable skills.

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Transfer Students Need Support from Both Two and Four Year Institutions

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“No state is doing well in terms of getting their community college students to transfer and complete,” said Velasco Rodriguez. This newest study focuses on the enrollment data available for the community college cohort entering in 2015, which allowed for six years to complete their journey toward a bachelor’s degree.

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Professor Examines Asian American Representation Across Media, Diaspora

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Part of the harm of the model-minority myth Asian Americans face in the United States is that they are often not understood as being interesting, said Dr. David Oh, an associate professor of communication arts at Ramapo College of New Jersey. in mass communications and an M.A. He holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Baylor University.

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JSTOR's Digital Archives Now Reach Over Half a Million Incarcerated Learners

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But with the revival of a way for those in prison to better access higher education, per the Second Chance Pell pilot program in 2015 , ITHAKA saw the potential to do more. Heidi McGregor, vice president of communications at ITHAKA, noted that these permissions are similar to how much of everything else is “mediated” in and out of prisons.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 Since 2015, 64 students, 93.75% of whom are Latino, have been placed in internships. “I I am inspired by everybody’s willingness and enthusiasm to make our community a better place,” says de la Fuente Iglesias.

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