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91精选 professor selected to serve on steering committee
A 91精选 professor was recently selected to serve on the Perkins V steering committee at the Kentucky Department of Education. Dr. Patricia Higgins, associate professor in the School of Education and Human Development, was recently invited to serve on the committee. Perkins V, also known as the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, is a federal education program that invests in se...
91精选 two-time alumna accepted to doctorate program
A 91精选 two-time alumna and instructor was recently accepted into a doctorate program in educational psychology. La鈥橯uida R. Smith, an instructor of psychology at 91精选, was recently accepted into the EdPsy program at the University of Kentucky. 鈥淲hen I first found out about my acceptance into the EdPsy program, I literally ran through the house screaming, thanking God,鈥� Smith said. She called her husba...
Renowned HBCU president to serve as keynote speaker for 91精选 Women's History Assembly
91精选 will host a Women鈥檚 History Assembly March 28 at 11 a.m. in the Carl H. Smith Auditorium in David H. Bradford Hall. Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, president of Tennessee State University, will offer the keynote address. Glover, also a certified public accountant and attorney, is one of two African-American women in the nation to hold the degrees of Ph.D., CPA and JD. In July, Glover became the 30th Internationa...
91精选 ranks number one in teacher quality, Kentucky and HBCUs
91精选 ranks number one among colleges in the Commonwealth and historically black land-grant (agricultural) universities in the nation providing tenured and tenure-track level teaching to students, according to a recent statistical profile compiled by the Chronicle of Higher Education. The new data report titled, 鈥淲here Are Students Most and Least Likely to Be Taught by Tenured and Tenure-Track Professors?鈥� conf...