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Johnson Appointed Edmund W. Gordon Chair for Policy Research and Evaluation at ETS

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The ETS Research Institute develops frameworks for innovative personalized assessments that enable learners to demonstrate the full spectrum of their skills and competencies, generate crucial insights, and inform educational policies globally. The chair is named after Gordon, a prominent psychologist and education researcher.

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New Research Shows Benefits of Summer Pell

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For most of its 50-year history, the Pell Grant has not covered summer classes, with two brief exceptions: 2009-2011 and 2017 to the present. Liu found clear advantages for the students who got summer money. African American students also had increased earnings in their sixth and ninth years from college entry.

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Lifting As They Climb

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Janelle Scott, a professor in the School of Education and African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. and Mary Catherine Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities, and is the chair of the Race, Diversity, and Educational Policy Cluster of the Othering and Belonging Institute.

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5 Hip-Hop Quotes to Inspire College Students

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2. Wale (“Ambition”, 2011) “Move with aggression, use my mind as a weapon. Na’eem Allen-Stills is an incoming doctoral student in the University of Maryland’s Higher Education, Student Affairs and International Education Policy program. His research revolves around Black mentorship.

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Gaps in sustainability literacy in non-STEM higher education programmes

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2011 ), were often introduced to non-STEM students through stand-alone lectures, workshops, or pilot studies involving new cross-disciplinary curricula. These competencies and knowledge, which are generally considered crucial for addressing the multifaceted challenges of sustainability ( Wiek et al.,

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

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The basic idea on fees and funding in the Dearing report of a fee that would not be differentiated by subject, for example, but which would cover one-quarter of the average cost of higher education tuition backed by an income-contingent loan has actually proved remarkably durable. Here we are, 25 years later, still talking about it.

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Key trends in Latin American higher education: private institutions, diversity, and online learning

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by Maria-Ligia Barbosa In Latin America, higher education has undergone intense transformation. million in 1990, 25 million students in 2011, and 30 million in 2019. In the 1950s, there were around 700,000 students; by 1970 the number had increased to 1.9 million, reaching 8.4 HE systems in these countries vary greatly.