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What happened the last time Labour wrestled with equality versus excellence in education?

HEPI

It’s taken me almost 20 years but, over the summer, I eventually got around to reading a book I’ve been wanting to read on higher education policy since I started working in the area over 15 years ago: University to Uni – The Politics of Higher Education since 1944 by Robert Stevens. They simply decline very slowly.

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5 Hip-Hop Quotes to Inspire College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While hip-hop may not often be referenced as tantamount with higher education, many artists have referenced the academe within their works. John’s University where he graduated magna cum laude , higher education has found its way into the lyrical content of the genre. Dr. Jeremy C. I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars.”

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The health of higher education studies – cause for optimism?

SRHE

By Rachel Brooks How healthy is the area of higher education studies? Scholars have noted: the frequent absence of theory and short-term focus of such research ; the proximity of researchers to policy-makers which, it is argued, can make critical distance hard to achieve ; and the fragmentation of the field.

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Ivy League to Become Collegiate Outlier in Top Women Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Ivy League, with some of the oldest institutions of higher education in the U.S., They are without a doubt powerhouses in their field and have proven themselves as effective, innovative leaders,” said Dr. Taylor Odle, assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “I

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WEEKEND READING: 25 years on from the Dearing report, have we kept its spirit alive?

HEPI

These remarks were made by Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI, to yesterday’s Centre for Global Higher Education ( CGHE ) event marking the recent twenty-fifth anniversary of the Dearing report. Early on, one of our first reports concerned the personal and public economic benefits of higher education.

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Australia’s NUHEPs: shonks and crooks – or an invaluable cradle of innovation?

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The proposed amendments to Australia’s ESOS Bill have elicited a strong response from diverse voices within the higher education sector over the past six months. One possible implication is that this is part of the activity to weed out the “shonks and crooks” to which the minister of education has often referred. ahead (78.6%

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Outreach efforts include education on financial aid options, including grants, scholarships and aid for undocumented students. Santiago and Sarita E.

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