Coursera blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Coursera honors innovative educators at 2024 Partner Awards. At our 12th annual Coursera Conference on September 17th, 2024, in addition to announcing awards for our customers , we’re proud to announce the recipients of our Partner Awards. Missed Coursera Connect 2024? Watch the keynote.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

Achieving the Dream (ATD) has announced that eight ATD Network community college students were chosen as 2024 DREAM Scholars, including one Tribal College and University student, one student from a college within the South African Siyaphumelela Network, and one student from a Gateway to College program. Dr. Karen A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2025

Currently, 76 NCAA schools sponsor women's wrestling programs, with an additional 17 programs expected to join in the 2024-25 academic year. This means so much to women's wrestling and to women's sports in general," said Kennedy Blades, a University of Iowa wrestler and 2024 Olympic silver medalist.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2025

This increase, while notable, also highlights the persistent challenges that remain in achieving true gender equity at the highest levels of academia. As someone who aspired to the Presidency and achieved it during this time period, I benefited from women leaders who were willing to share their pathway and the challenges they faced.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Schools have achieved 60% recovery, with English-language, private training establishments (PTEs) and Te Pukenga (vocational education) reaching 33%, 58% and 52% respectively. China remains the largest market for international students, with visa approval ratings from January-August 2024 up 2% from the same period last year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2025

The comprehensive report, titled Flourishing: Bolstering the Mental Health of Students at HBCUs and PBIs," examined mental health indicators among 2,504 students across 16 HBCUs and two predominantly Black institutions (PBIs) during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 academic years. Lomax, UNCF president and CEO.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The National Indian Students and Alumni Union UK honoured a group of high-achieving Indian alumni from British universities, celebrating the ‘living bridge’ between the two nations. The India-UK Achievers Honours celebrate the professional and social contributions of Indians who have studied in the UK.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Since its inception, the program has seen promising results, with 70% of ELEVATE fellows going on to achieve tenure and promotion. The program also provides access to mentors for early career faculty and trains them in grant writing, op-ed writing, teaching, and how to achieve a better work-life balance. Dr. Cheron H.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

At Morgan State, despite achieving record-breaking total enrollment figures and becoming the nation's third-largest HBCU, the percentage of Black male students has dropped from 43% in 2015 to 37% in fall 2024. higher education institutions.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 8, 2025

Research notes, By leveraging AI-driven solutions, students can streamline mundane tasks, optimize time management, and achieve higher levels of performance and academic excellence (Capinding and Dumayas 2024, 647). Clearly, AI offers many benefits as it can drive efficiency, creativity, and innovation. Israel Affairs 29 (6): 118199.

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The PIE News

MAY 24, 2024

Across 20 categories, innovation and achievement have been recognised – and now it is up to an esteemed panel of judges to decide the results. See the full list of finalists for the 2024 PIEoneer Awards here. The post 2024 PIEoneer Awards finalists revealed appeared first on The PIE News.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

Eight community colleges are now members of the Achieving the Dream (ATD) Network, joining more than 300 institutions nationwide as part of the higher education reform network’s 2024 cohort.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

Dr. Miguel Cardona The HBCU Scholars Program has celebrated the exceptional academic talent and achievements of students at HBCUs since 2014, providing them with opportunities for personal and professional growth, mentorship, and networking, said U.S. We couldn’t be prouder to support them on their journey.”

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

By Famke Veenstra-Ashmore, who completed an internship with HEPI in summer 2024. UCAS data show that in 2024, the number of 18-year-olds from Wales applying to university was the lowest in the UK. In 2024, however, 2024 saw only 1,200 accepted (16%), which reflects a 140 place or 3 percentage point decrease. While 41.9%

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HEPI

DECEMBER 19, 2024

As 2024 draws to a close, Josh Freeman, Policy Manager, and the HEPI team look back on a remarkable year in higher education policy. As we approach the end of 2024, the HEPI team reflects on the pieces which set the tone for the year, struck a chord in institutions, led policy change or were just a great read.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2024

Achieving the Dream (ATD) has announced its selection of seven community colleges to participate in the second cohort of its Accelerating Equitable Outcomes initiative. Dr. Karen A. Stout “America’s rural communities are integral to our nation’s economic and fiscal well-being,” said ATD President and CEO Dr. Karen A.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 7, 2025

. “Options under consideration will include systems and processes to drive down cost through the collective buying power of the university sector, shared delivery of some student facing services, and achieving greater consistency in the way universities operate to make collaboration simpler in future,” UUK’s statement read.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Australias higher education sector took a hammering in 2024 but our universities as they have throughout history and in spite of political machinations continued to deliver a high-quality education to both domestic and international students and undertake research to find solutions to our biggest challenges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In 2024, California, Illinois, Maryland and Virginia joined Colorado in restricting legacy admissions through state laws. Ultimately, the reason to eliminate legacy preferences is not to achieve some other goal," the report concludes. This decline stems from both voluntary institutional decisions and new state legislation.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that in 2023, 110 million people were forced to flee their homes; and by mid-2024 this grew to 122m. The UNHCRs 15by30 Roadmap is an ambitious and necessary set of actions to achieve this. Higher education systems around the world have long recognised this.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The goal was to achieve these numbers by 2025, but NJIT hit its target by the spring of 2024. The Council worked with the university to ensure it received federal Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) designation, which requires that at least 25% or higher of the undergraduate full-time enrollment be Hispanic or Latinx.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

In a recent study, twenty-four percent of undergraduate students reported seriously considering dropping out of college (Sallie Mae & Ipsos 2024). Outside of financial barriers, the top two reasons students reported considering dropping out were “changes in motivation” and “mental health challenges” (Sallie Mae & Ipsos 2024).

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

AUGUST 7, 2024

Reading Time: 12 minutes As we navigate through 2024, the landscape of higher education marketing is evolving at an unprecedented pace. Our extensive experience has shown us that staying ahead of the curve is essential to achieving success in this dynamic field. Contact HEM today!

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

According to data analysis conducted by Inc42, a startup media platform, edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah is leading the sector as it alone netted $210 million of the total funding in the first three quarters of 2024. Though funding in Q3 2024 was up 357% to $224 million from $49 million in Q3 2023, without PW, it stood at $14 million.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 20, 2024

The full list of 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners can be found here. Former Native Explorer participant and mentor, Dr. Lana Duke is a Chickasaw citizen and graduated from Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in May 2024. The AIHC was launched by Kent Smith in 2017.

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Campus Technology

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Thirteen companies were selected as winners for their product achievements.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Familiarly termed, Anti-DEI legislation, Watkins wrote, A wave of bills combating DEI efforts on college campuses have made their way into several state legislaturesdesigned to curb DEI practices (2024, pp. The presentation drew upon a study by Smalls (2023) focused on the experiences of African American community college trustees.

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The PIE News

APRIL 4, 2024

Students will also be required to achieve a higher standard of English before qualifying for visas. The post The challenges of international student recruitment in 2024 appeared first on The PIE News.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2025

This achievement represents a doubling of the program's reach in just over a year. The program, which provides incarcerated individuals with access to scholarly materials including academic journals, books, and research papers, crossed this threshold in December 2024.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

AUGUST 14, 2024

Reading Time: 10 minutes As we transition into the second half of 2024, understanding and leveraging social media trends is more crucial than ever, especially for educational institutions aiming to recruit students locally and internationally. In this blog post, we will delve into the social media trends of 2024. Contact HEM today!

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Survey responses from almost 2,000 prospective MBA students from 37 countries saw 19% express a preference for studying overseas, compared to 39% in the previous 2024 survey. The post Appeal of international MBAs on the decline appeared first on The PIE News.

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Liaison International

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The Solution : Identifying Goals and Building on WCSUs Success This strategic combination of tools enabled WCSU to successfully identify areas of opportunity for recruitment initiatives, navigate the complexities of recent FAFSA delays, and achieve remarkable enrollment gains, including a 20.7% In addition to achieving its 20.7%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Trust in the possibility of achieving the impossible, even when it feels out of reach. Candace Maddox Moore, University of Maryland, College Park Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Be unapologetic about your work.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

According to a DAAD snapshot survey, which included responses from 200 German universities, the country will be home to some 405,000 students in the 2024/25 winter semester, compared to around 380,000 in 2023/34. “In Germany, we urgently need more affordable accommodation for both domestic and international students.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

“While the dream of a US education remains strong, visa challenges are making it harder for students to achieve this. An IDP report published in March 2024 revealed widespread support from educators in the US for a national strategy on international education to boost the sector’s global competitiveness.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

According to HolonIQ predictions, there will be an additional two billion worldwide postsecondary students by 2050, and 970 million more students achieving postgraduate credentials in that period. Those who earn a certificate or other non-degree certification are achieving a higher personal income,” said Brothers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

The mid-1990s marked the end of an era where men had historically dominated higher education, setting the stage for a new chapter in American educational achievement. These variations provide crucial insights into how educational achievement intersects with both gender and racial identity in contemporary America. But it wasnt easy.

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