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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

W Kim Lee and Dr. Carolyn Stefanco hen the American Council on Education launched its Moving the Needle initiative over a decade ago to raise awareness about gender parity in higher education or lack thereof only 23% of college presidents or chancellors were women. in the majority white college town in the Mountain region.

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After the Election We’ll Need a Strong System of Higher Education More Than Ever

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jamie Merisotis That progress tends to get lost, however, amid legitimate concerns about the cost of education and its efficacy in preparing students for jobs. We get it: Higher education must do better. In those and countless other areas, solutions are being incubated right now on America’s college campuses.

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Lumina Reports Highest Recorded Post-High School Educational Attainment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Post-high school educational attainment in the U.S. According to the report, the figure of post-high school educational attainment of Americans ages 25 to 64 has increased from 37.9% since 2009. When it comes to race and ethnicity, educational attainment has approved improved across all groups. in 2008 to 54.9%

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International students support 378,000 US jobs

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. “The annual increase in economic activity is about half of what it was the year before, signalling that the pent-up demand for a US education following the pandemic is subsiding. Meanwhile, competition for the world’s best and brightest is increasing.”

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See which 9 schools are the latest to make college free

University Business

It marks the latest step higher education leaders have taken to answer growing criticisms about affordability. At $141 million this fiscal year, Carnegie Mellon has increased its investment in undergraduate financial aid by 86% since 2009.

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?WEEKEND READING: Shifts in global demand for UK higher education and their implications

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Janet Ilieva, Founder and Director at Education Insight, and Vangelis Tsiligiris, an Associate Professor at the Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University. Implications In 2021/22, almost one in four students in UK higher education was international.

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Hoke’s Notes – The Plight of Small Colleges

Edu Alliance Journal

At 74, I still have ideas to share and contributions to make in the field of higher education. I aim to address several projects and issues moving forward, such as returning to my work as an international higher education consultant and re-launching two podcast series. Unfortunately, Urbana University didnt survive.

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