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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

In response, universities and educators strive to create and nurture virtual relationships and communities that foster positive relational school cultures, understanding student behavior within a social context (Manassah, Roderick, and Gregory 2018, 39).

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Africa-China HE engagement: a one-way road?

LSE Higher Education Blog

Whether the AfricaChina relationship in higher education is labelled as South-to-South cooperation ( Niu et al , 2021), development aid ( Ehizuelen , 2018), partnership ( Niu , 2014), soft power ( Pan , 2013), neo-colonisation ( el-Shafei & Metawe , 2021) or knowledge diplomacy ( Ogunnubi & Shawa , 2019) is a much-contested topic.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There are financial support programs, including emergency grants, technology loaner programs and device voucher support, which provide students with necessary in-time financial support. Since 2018, the graduation rate for Latine/x students has increased from 24% to 34%. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1%

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Numbers of African students in China expected to grow as ties increase

The PIE News

The country’s Ministry of Education data shows that over 81,000 African students were studying in the country in 2018, representing 16.5% Out of the number, 63,041, some 12.8%, included thousands of Africans were on Chinese government scholarships. Post-pandemic figures for African enrolments in Chinese institutions are scarce.

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Warning issued to Taiwan’s ministries over int’l student exploitation

The PIE News

A 2022 investigation by a national newspaper uncovered that Ugandan students at Chungchou University of Science and Technology were being forced to work long hours in factories as “interns”. According to the report, the students were promised scholarships to cover their university fees but these failed to materialise.

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US ambassador urges more study opportunities for US students in India

The PIE News

According to the Institute of International Education Open Doors Report 2020, over 3,300 US students studied in India in 2018-2019, which further fell to 1,736 students in 2019-20, according to the US Department of State. India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology. Eric Garcetti, US Ambassador to India.

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A Scholar Who is ‘Extending the Hand as He Climbs’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But PSU’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) cultural groups helped him become acquainted with research, and, in 2018, he received an internship with the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). It was very isolating, a culture shock for sure,” says Delgado.

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