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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 Argentina and Uruguay, the demand for higher education was met by the public sector. million, reaching 8.4

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Efficiency and effectiveness are harder to find than to talk about

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David Kernohan evaluates the impact of a 2011 report into efficiency in the higher education sector

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How to restore trust in American higher education

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American higher education is in trouble. College enrollments last year were lower than they were 12 years earlier in 2011, the first sustained drop in American history — and low birth rates suggest the pool of future college students may fall rather than increase. Read more at Deseret.

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Gaps in sustainability literacy in non-STEM higher education programmes

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by Erika Kalocsányiová and Rania Hassan Promoting sustainability literacy in higher education is crucial for deepening students’ pro-environmental behaviour and mindset ( Buckler & Creech, 2014 ; UNESCO, 1997 ), while also fostering social transformation by embedding sustainability at the core of the student experience.

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Funding undergraduate higher education

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After demonstrating that none of the responses available to universities look like they might work, I suggested that the moment when a more comprehensive rethink of how we fund higher education might be worth the risk was fast approaching. Since July the contours of the 2023 admissions cycle have become clear.

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The Bologna Process 25 years on: higher education quality and international trust

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Baroness Blackstone was Minister for Education and Employment from 1997 to 2001, and has led two universities: Birkbeck, from 1987 to 1997, and the University of Greenwich, from 2004 to 2011. The policy paper outlines how realigning with this good practice could help retain international trust in UK higher education.

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A place for data: Illustrating how the higher education sector may support more inclusive growth

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This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Tej Nathwani, Principal Researcher (Economist) at HESA, the Higher Education Statistics Agency. For the sector, the question this has raised is; How might (higher) education play a role in helping to tackle the twin challenge of poor productivity and high inequality?