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‘Freedom on the Move,’ Clarifying Complicity in American History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The “Freedom on the Move" database, maintained at Cornell University in partnership with several universities, is a free and open archive of “runaway slave” ads placed in newspapers in the 1700s and 1800s. This is why I’m so enamored with a database called “Freedom on the Move.” So, I did a simple search for “shoemaker.”

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Engaging with students was fulfilling, but Watford says she realized teaching was not her calling. I stepped out of a tenure-track role and into an administrative position, where I could create programs to help students be successful.” by requiring students to be engaged with the apparatus they’ve built to help students be successful.”

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What can big consumer brands teach graduate and adult enrollment leaders?

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What can big consumer brands teach graduate and adult enrollment leaders? When dealing with this level of nuance, the key to success is always in the analysis. consumers in EAB's proprietary database. -->. The post What can big consumer brands teach graduate and adult enrollment leaders? Ready to find out more?

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 2

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But successful adoption of new technologies requires more than just the technology itself—it also requires the necessary leadership to set a clear vision for analytics and data in the organization, and sufficiently qualified staff to execute upon this vision. Sufficient executive authority and strategic leadership is integral to success.

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The 4 most common barriers to higher ed data and analytics success

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The 4 most common barriers to higher ed data and analytics success. The survey results made clear that leaders consider data critical to the most fundamental priorities at their institutions, such as enrollment, retention, student success. Create data dictionaries to define codes and fields in your databases and systems.

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Prepare your graduates for today’s and tomorrow’s tech jobs—here’s how

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Unlike Python, SQL has been around for over 50 years and has remained the preferred programming language for database management. Teach Python and SQL to Prepare Students for Today’s Jobs. What can big consumer brands teach graduate and adult enrollment leaders? Launching a data analytics program? Here’s what you need to know.

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From Demonstration to Legislation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The executive order requires federal law enforcement agencies to review and revise policies on use of force and create a database to help track officer misconduct. These criminal justice reforms should not be considered small feats, but monumental achievements in the ongoing struggle to marry protest with policy.

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