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Restoring academic values: a key for university effectiveness

SRHE

A systemic approach to HE policy assumes that reform in educational systems is complex and unpredictable. It also accepts that different stakeholders may experience change differently, there needs to be an understanding of the different roles played within the system and how they interact.

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Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The gap between exam scores among different racial groups has grown since 2003, highlighting a lack of resources and support for some student populations. Studies have uncovered various systemic factors that continue to impede equitable access to AP classes. Fair assessment is essential to achieving true education equity.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig Lori Gottschling For Vasquez Heilig—a prominent public policy researcher who has carved out a national reputation both in and outside academic circles for his scholarship on equity and innovation—the pendulum at WMU is swinging in the right direction.

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Venezuelan Higher Education

HESA

What does the higher education system look like before the arrival of Hugo Chavez? Having said that, the higher education system was well developed, was growing, and was working just fine. Higher education was not elitist. How will Venezuela begin to rebuild its higher education system when that happens?

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In memoriam: Professor Claire Callender OBE

HEPI

Her own quantitative and qualitative CGHE inquiry into The effects of student loan debt on graduates financial and life decisions, working primarily with Ariane de Gayardon, led to successive papers on the human and social costs for diverse populations associated with the uniform system of student-user charges in England.

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the P-12 education system, Black males have lower graduation rates in high school, are underrepresented in accelerated programs (e.g., gifted and talented); conversely, they are significantly overrepresented in special education, and in-school discipline and suspension rates (Ford & Moore, 2013; Hines et al.,

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What does Lula’s election mean for Brazil’s int’l ed sector?

The PIE News

After being in power for two terms from 2003 and 2010, Lula was caught up in a corruption scandal cleanup better known as Lava Jato – car wash – which affected higher-ups across the country. . Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the challenger of the incumbent, is a household name to some Brazilians – and an infamous one to others.