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Multiple Measures of Assessment Needed for College Readiness Post-Pandemic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“We were curious about the impact on GPAs post-pandemic, with students moving online, their grades changing, as well as a learning loss potential,” said Catherine Hofmann, senior vice president of government and public affairs at ACT. In 2020 and 2021, a 2.5 Before the pandemic, in 2017, a student who had a 2.5 GPA in college.

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International students “unfairly blamed” for Australian rental crisis

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It notes that rents began rising in 2020 when there was no international student migration, with median weekly rent increasing by 30% between 2019 and 2023. In the same period, student visa arrivals decreased by 13%, it added. .”

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U of Houston removes social justice–focused dean of social work

Inside Higher Ed

Dettlaff did start to focus more on abolition—of the police and of the child welfare system—more in 2020, after the murder of George Floyd, however. The former dean, Alan Dettlaff—who is returning to the social work faculty, for now—says his views on racial justice got him fired.

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From a sample of over 560,000 first year, first time community college students and over 32,000 instructors in Texas between 2013 and 2020, researchers found that 77% of white students experienced a racial match. These obstacles include everything from discriminatory funding of public schools to personal biases.

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Stancia Jenkins

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jenkins holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and advertising from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree in public affairs with a focus on business and government relations from Park University.

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Investing in Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The scholarship program at Northeast has been in operation since fall 2021 as one of the 384 organizations to receive funding from Scott in December 2020. For us, this was the largest donation that we had ever received. [It] It] more than doubled the amount that was in our foundation coffers overnight.”

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What role will higher education play in the next general election?

HEPI

Might we be entering a golden age of policy reminiscent of Blair’s flagship ‘education, education, education’ era, when spending on education rose by over £5 billion (in 2020/21 prices) within his first term? Either way, we inevitably found ourselves wondering what role higher education will play in these parties’ campaigns – if any.