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Worthy of More: Systemic Failures Women of Color Face in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At first, it felt affirmingproof that I belonged in academia. Why are women of color in higher education celebrated for their excellence yet set up to fail by the very systems that claim to value them? This isnt a personal failure; its a systemic issueand higher education is a microcosm of broader workplace inequities.

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

W Kim Lee and Dr. Carolyn Stefanco hen the American Council on Education launched its Moving the Needle initiative over a decade ago to raise awareness about gender parity in higher education or lack thereof only 23% of college presidents or chancellors were women. in the majority white college town in the Mountain region.

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Navigating chronic illness in academia: An early career perspective

HEPI

This blog is part of a series HEPI is running with the British Academy on the changing face of academia. . With administrative, teaching and research pressures mounting in academia generally, large proportions of academics report feeling overworked and emotionally drained. in 2020/21. of undergraduates have a known disability.

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Report: Faculty of Color in Psychology Face Structural Hurdles in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

population – according to 2020 U.S. According to the report, faculty of color can be subject to several “taxes” in academia. We need to look at the system-level influences and structures that make it difficult for faculty of color to thrive in academia." The report provides recommendations to address them.

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Bridging borders in knowledge: the internationalisation of Chinese social sciences

SRHE

In a recent study published in Policy Reviews in Higher Education , we analyzed 8,962 publications by the top 500 most productive China-affiliated scholars in Economics, Education, and Political Science between 2016 and 2020.

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Riding India’s NEP 2020: there’s never been a better time for institutional partnerships

The PIE News

On the heels of India’s National Education Policy 2020, a recent think tank run by the government of India highlights the country’s dedication to establishing the region as a leading global hub of education with an emphasis on continued internationalisation and collaboration with foreign institutions.

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Walking down the road to Kingdom Come: some steps away from a Higher Education Funding Crisis?

HEPI

John Cater is the longest-serving Vice-Chancellor in UK higher education, having been in post since 1993. And every cost in higher education has increased, except the tuition fee. From 2030 to 2038 the eighteen-year-old age cohort (2012 and 2020 live births) falls from 729,674 to 613,936, a decline of 15.9%.