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Higher Education Non-Exempt Staff Numbers Continue Seven-Year Decline

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colleges and universities has steadily declined over the past seven years, with both full-time and part-time positions showing significant reductions, according to new research from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). The non-exempt staff workforce at U.S.

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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American University

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Burwell has announced that she will step down as president of American University at the end of the upcoming academic year. Burwell, the institution’s 15 th president and its first female leader, has been in the post since 2017. secretary of health and human services under President Barack Obama. That number is now over 60%.

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Baylor University Dedicates Statues of First Black Graduates

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Baylor University has recently dedicated statues honoring its first Black graduates, the late Rev. In 2017, Walker was given Baylor’s Medal of Service for Contributions to the Professions, Christian Ministry. Kenyatta Gilbert, professor of homiletics at Howard University and son of Robert and Elwayne Gilbert. “In

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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Burwell has announced that she will step down as president of American University at the end of the upcoming academic year. Burwell, the institution’s 15 th president and its first female leader, has been in the post since 2017. secretary of health and human services under President Barack Obama. That number is now over 60%.

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Experts Gathered to Discuss Challenges Facing Higher Education

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Even though there are wonderful colleges and universities across the states and country, they can’t find enough students to enroll, and every year there are headlines about colleges folding or being acquired.” Public universities and private universities all have very different kinds of funding allocations,” said Dirks.

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Study: Outcomes of Students in Policy Debate Programs Linked to ELA Improvements and Postsecondary Enrollment

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Dr. Beth Schueler University of Virginia Policy debate is a competitive activity in which students engage in structured argumentation about public policy issues, often requiring in-depth learning about policy areas. The impact was almost entirely concentrated among reading subskills that involve more analysis and argumentation.”

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Study: American College Presidency is Still Largely White and Male

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It found that 28% of presidents identified as non-white, with 14% being Black (a six-point increase from the 2017 survey) and 6% as Hispanic or Latino (a two-point increase). To speed up the journey towards parity, colleges and universities are going to need to change their ways. There could be better news coming, though.