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Multiple Measures of Assessment Needed for College Readiness Post-Pandemic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That’s according to the latest report from the ACT , which analyzed high school GPAs, ACT test scores, and first-year grades in students from 2017 to 2021. According to the report, using HSGPA alone as a prediction for first-year GPAs fell dramatically in 2020 and 2021. In 2020 and 2021, a 2.5 GPA in college. first-year GPA.

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Delivering civic value to communities – the impact of UK universities’ social science research

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr. Ed Bridges , Head of Policy & Public Affairs at the Academy of Social Sciences. Despite having relatively modest levels of research income, Panel C (social sciences) contributed the highest number of impact case studies in the REF 2021 exercise, over a third of the total.

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Record number of US visas to be issued to Indian students in 2024

The PIE News

There has been a year-on-year growth in the total number of US study visas issued for Indian students, from over 96,000 in 2021 and 133,000 in 2022, to more than 140,000 in 2023. “The The number of students from India to the US is continuously growing.

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?Five steps UCAS is taking to reform the undergraduate admissions process

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Kim Eccleston, Head of Strategy and Reform – Strategy, Policy and Public Affairs, at UCA S. We first published areas for improvement in our Reimagining UK Admissions report, released in April 2021. HEPI’s recent paper on reforming UCAS personal statements is here.

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Two Tri-C professors sue administrators for retaliation

Inside Higher Ed

The lawsuit , filed last month, says faculty members Diane Gaston and Linda Lanier were penalized after speaking to WOIO Channel 19 News, a local CBS-affiliate television station, in May 2021.

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Investing in Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Because we believe that teams with experience on the front lines of challenges will know best how to put the money to good use, we encouraged them to spend it however they choose,” Scott wrote in a June 2021 blog post listing some of the gifts. Many reported that this trust significantly increased the impact of the gift.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Despite these constraints, UoPeople’s enrollment has swelled from over 44,000 students in 2021 to more than 126,000 students in 2023—a 186 percent increase over a two-year period. UoPeople’s first accreditation visit was in 2021, after which it was granted candidacy for accreditation. ’” LeBlanc said.