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New Agreement to Offer Higher Education Access in All Maryland Prisons

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This MOU has really taken us to the next level and given us systemwide support that will benefit the incarcerated men and women, first and foremost, but also the society they will contribute to upon their release as a result of the education they receive behind bars, Adams told BestColleges. the chance to pursue this financial aid.

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Higher Education Abroad | Surge in Mumbai University Students

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An overview In recent years, there has been a remarkable surge in the number of Mumbai University students pursuing higher education abroad. From a mere 6,300 students in 2014-15, this figure skyrocketed to 12,910 in 2022-23, marking a staggering 100% increase over nine years.

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Trauma-informed practices in higher education: Building support communities from the topdown

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Blogs Trauma-informed practices in higher education: Building support communities from the top down August 9, 2023 Joanna Krueger Associate Professor of Chemistry, UNC Charlotte The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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West Virginia University May Cut 32 Majors, 7% of Faculty

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Officials cited low and declining enrollment in foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics across higher education and at the university in deciding to cut the program. Gee, who has led the school since 2014, recently announced plans to step down as the school's president after his contract ends in 2025.

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What the Grand Canyon Taught Me: Getting Real About Goals, Failure, and Digging Deep

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The culture of higher education is steeped in knowing. In 2014, our enrollment had been flat—if slightly dropping—for four years when our new president decided we should turn it around with either a tuition reset or a revised financial aid strategy. We surround ourselves with great data which we refresh on a cycle.

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Johns Hopkins Reinstates Standardized Testing

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What differentiates Johns Hopkins from this group is its policy on legacy admissions, which it abandoned in 2014. Daniels wrote in The Chronicle of Higher Education. "It It embodies in stark and indefensible terms inherited privilege in higher education and has compromised college and university admissions for decades.

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International Student Work Program to Remain, After Litigation Ends

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Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeals case that sought to end OPT , ending litigation stretching back to 2014. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in March 2014 in an attempt to end the program, but the Supreme Court's decision finally put an end to the nearly 10-year lawsuit.