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Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“The main way that we can help prepare athletes for college is to [make them] really good gymnasts, which means they are focused, and they understand hard work — all of the things that help them become good students,” says former rhythmic gymnast Wendy Hilliard, who established the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation (WHGF) in 1996.

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Conway-Turner: From First-Gen Student to 43-Year Career Retirement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This includes a new state-of-the-art science center with a planetarium, which is now a signature piece of the campus. It generated excitement and investment in current programs, our students and scholarships,” she said. “We Katherine Conway-Turner does her utmost to maximize the power and purpose of public higher education.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

The award of doctorates in Divinity had ceased to depend on advanced scholarship, and had often became more or less honorific as new Bishops began to be granted an automatic Doctorate of Divinity. As the body responsible for research under the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), UK Research and Innovation offers its own definition.

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Postgraduate fees and funding in the four nations

HEPI

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) – overseen by the UK Government – runs competitive award schemes for postgraduate students through its research councils (for example the Arts and Humanities Research Council). This HEPI long read was authored by Dr Edward Hicks. Edward was on a placement with HEPI during the General Election campaign.

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The health of higher education studies – cause for optimism?

SRHE

The grants from these bodies are relatively large (for the arts, humanities and social sciences), and are typically expected to make a theoretical, not only empirical, contribution. When we look at the extant literature, there seems to be cause for concern.

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Landscapes of learning for unknown futures: presenter responses to audience questions

SRHE

by Brett Bligh, Sue Beckingham, Lesley Gourlay, and Julianne K Viola SRHE’s ‘Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: prospects for space in higher education’ symposium series, delivered with Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson, aims to foster continuous dialogue around learning spaces. How are others using those spaces?

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

This was back in the 1990s, so it was early for a professor outside of an education or computer science department to be thinking about such things. As I outlined recently in my “ e-Literate’s Changing Themes for Changing Times ” post, I am shifting my coverage somewhat. And as it turns out, I know and respect one of the authors.