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Student perspectives on sustainability in international education 

The PIE News

Future directions As environmental sustainability continues to gain prominence in international education discussions, the role of data, such as our own ISB data, and collaboration among educational institutions and organisations like CANIE and the International Education Sustainability Group becomes increasingly important.

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Alarm at first fall in disadvantaged students in England reaching university

The Guardian - Higher Education

Proportion of students eligible for free school meals at 15 who progress to higher education falls from 29.2% Figures released by the Department for Education show that 29% of students eligible for free school meals at 15 had progressed to university by the age of 19 in 2022-23, compared with 29.2% Continue reading.

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Share of Hispanic College Students Has Nearly Doubled Since 2005

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Dan Bauman The rise correlates with a rapidly growing number of Hispanic-serving institutions, which has tripled since the 1990s.

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Octavia Butler on Choosing a Leader (Democracy Now!)

Higher Education Inquirer

This 2005 Democracy Now! interview of Octavia Butler warns us about choosing the wrong leader who could take us down the path of fascism. This discussion seems as important today as it was then, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. If you can't listen to the entire segment, start at minute 3:20.

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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. From 2005 through 2012, she served as education policy analyst for the Florida Legislature. “Dr.

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The regulation of student education: are the quality wars back?

HEPI

Roger recently wrote for HEPI on neoliberalism in English higher education which you can read here. With the introduction of fees and the partial liberalisation of the rules for degree awarding powers and university title we were well on the way to what can be seen as a higher education ‘neo-market’, at least in England (Brown, forthcoming).

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Operating a Continuing Education Unit in Startup Mode

MindMax

Titled PCO Startup Mode: Balancing Long-Term Strategy with a Practical Launch at UC Merced Extension , the webinar sparked a fascinating discussion about operating a continuing education unit in startup mode. It’s the youngest campus in the system, established in 2005. “It That might be really cool.