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Many students are still unable to acquire a STEM degree because the pipeline from high school to a degree in STEM remains inequitable and inaccessible. A National Science Board report found that high school science and math performance is not equally distributed across the country, with vast differences in performance based on race, ethnicity and…
The scope and scale of accounts receivables in higher education have never been larger. While manual processes for tracking and following up with student debt might have been sufficient in the past, institutions enroll potentially hundreds of thousands of students and manage millions of dollars in past-due accounts today. Every institution needs a stronger fiscal…
This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on April 1, 2019 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Nearly all dedicated NPR listeners have had the experience of sitting in their car with the radio on after arriving at their destination simply because they could not tear themselves away from a fascinating segment. By contrast, most…
During his time at the Toyota Motor Company, Taiichi Ohno developed a tool for root cause analysis, the technique we know as the five whys. According to Ohno (1988), “By asking why five times and answering it each time, we can get to the real cause of the problem, which is often hidden behind more…
Dr. Mike LeeCalifornia State University Sonoma President Dr. Mike Lee retired on Friday after he was placed on administrative leave after he agreed to protesters’ demands to involve them in university decision-making and pursue divestment from Israel. The action comes amid nationwide antiwar protests and concerns for upholding student and faculty rights to speech and…
Some members of the faculty at Columbia University have lodged a vote of no-confidence for the university’s president, Dr. Minouche Shafik. Dr. Minouche ShafikThose participating in the vote and members of the Columbia University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have expressed concern with the university’s response to antiwar protests and encampments…
While historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have received remarkable investments over the past few years, leaders with the nonpartisan, nonprofit United Negro College Fund are urging more can be done. Lodriguez Murray“HBCUs have been chronically underfunded, systematically, since inception,” said UNCF President and CEO Dr. Michael L. Lomax. “While the efforts of the Biden-Harris…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Eastern Gateway Community College will shutter Oct. 31 following financial and legal challenges in recent years, the institution’s board of trustees voted this week. In February, the 56-year-old public Ohio institution suspended enrollment for all…
Dr. Leonard E. EgedeLeonard E. Egede has been named chair of the Department of Medicine in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. He served as chief of the Division of Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin and director of its Center for Advancing Population Science. Egede holds…
Dive Brief: As it looks to overcome operating losses, Eastern Oregon University is planning to cut $4.8 million in costs, an 8.4% reduction, after its board approved a budget for the 2025 fiscal year on Wednesday. The cuts would leave nearly two dozen vacant positions unfilled and eliminate four staff and administrative positions that are…