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Commission warns of international diversity decline for UK universities

The PIE News

“We need to ensure that campuses are international with attractive international based curriculums, exchange programs and inclusive facilities that ensure international students want to study in the UK because we offer the best courses compared to competitor countries.”

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Jacqie McWilliams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McWilliams spent nine years at the NCAA, managing NCAA championships, to include serving as director of the Division I women’s basketball tournament from 2006-2009 and the Division I men’s basketball tournament from 2007-2012.

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Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Armory Track is a renowned indoor track and field facility in Washington Heights, Manhattan in New York. ACP is open to fourth through 12th graders who have trained or competed or currently train at the facility. John’s University, was the assistant director and then director of ACP from 2009 to 2014.

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How Can We Bring Many More Students to Math, Data and Statistical Literacy?

Inside Higher Ed

According to one often-reported statistic from 2009, 17 percent of the general population has high levels of anxiety involving mathematics. Facility with analytics, data mining, data visualization, informatics and probability isn’t a luxury. Should we expect all students to become proficient in math and statistics?

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A Thousand Flowers Blooming

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

The first phase is probably developing co-branded curriculum, facilities so that industry can share their problems, and maybe we get some industry or government officials to teach, and then we create those bridge modules. So my college-to-careers pillar is all about creating that ecosystem here.

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Assignments with Significance

Faculty Focus

Strong emotional experiences have a high likelihood of being permanently stored (Willingham, 2009; Barkley, 2010). A combination of semi-traditional lectures and discussions with debates and tours of the research facilities sets the foundation on which the assessments can build. Carlisle: Langham. Toward Renewable Assessments.”

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Higher Education Reading List

Susquehanna President's Blog

University Business publishes a variety of content in support of finance, administration, auxiliaries, and facilities management. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2009. Washington, DC: NACUBO, 2009. Educause Review is the publication of Educause, which is the principal organization supporting IT professional in higher education.