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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.” And what about Sampson’s “country marks”?

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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 can go to conferences to build relationships with these students, creating a database, bringing it back, and sharing it with the department to do outreach,” Waller says. When she completed her Ph.D.,

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

EAB

What can big consumer brands teach graduate and adult enrollment leaders? consumers in EAB's proprietary database. -->. The post What can big consumer brands teach graduate and adult enrollment leaders? Brands seemingly know what I want the minute I decide it – sometimes even before! Ready to find out more? August 26, 2022.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 2

EAB

A deep knowledge of database management, statistical analysis, and research techniques are generally necessary skills for an analytics team. Functional analysts can work with constituents across campus to teach them how to conduct analysis or glean insights from data. Data scientists.

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

EAB

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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Parents Hire Their Children to Help Pay for College

College Planners of America

Business owners hire their children for sound reasons such as instilling a strong work ethic, teaching responsibility, encouraging entrepreneurship, reducing taxes, and saving for a college education. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2018 (TCJA) enables the last two of these benefits.

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

EAB

Create data dictionaries to define codes and fields in your databases and systems. 4 things to know when planning for the future of teaching and learning. Start with these steps: Track data lineage to ensure end-users know where data came from before it arrived in their report. Where are the gaps in your data strategy? July 29, 2022.

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