Coursera blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Coursera honors innovative global enterprise customer at its 12th Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards. Discover how these winners are transforming education and shaping the future of learning worldwide. Now, let’s meet our 2024 global award winners—the pioneers shaping the future of learning and work.

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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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Coursera blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Coursera honors innovative educators at 2024 Partner Awards. Discover how these visionaries are transforming online learning and shaping the future of global education. Let’s meet our 2024 Partner Award winners—the visionaries shaping the future of learning.

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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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HEPI

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In response to recent data showing a worrying financial outlook for higher education institutions, Professor David Maguire, Vice-Chancellor at the University of East Anglia (UEA), and Dr Alex Bols, Chief of Staff at UEA, argue more Government action is needed to make the sector financially sustainable.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

UCLA Graduation As graduates streamed into commencement ceremonies last May, their faces reflected the changing demographics of American higher education. The starting point for understanding this transformation takes us back to 1995, when the educational playing field between young men and women appeared remarkably level.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

As we look ahead, it is crucial to think not only about the tools students will need but also how their expectations around accessibility, sustainability, and personalisation will shape the future of international education. Technology may enable us to achieve this through an ecosystem that is fit for purpose.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 8, 2025

With the release of AI on a broad scale and the evolving procedural policies for policing and supporting its use in online higher education classrooms, instructor hesitancy to implement AI in ethical and effectual ways is shared by many. 2024, 9). Clearly, AI offers many benefits as it can drive efficiency, creativity, and innovation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

higher education institutions. 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.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Higher education has seen the largest recovery rate, where international student enrolments are at 86% of 2019 levels. Schools have achieved 60% recovery, with English-language, private training establishments (PTEs) and Te Pukenga (vocational education) reaching 33%, 58% and 52% respectively. billion by 2027.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The evolving landscape of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in higher education is reshaping the role of Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs) (El-Amin, 2022b). The role of Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs) in higher education has undergone significant transformation over recent years (El-Amin, 2022b).

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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

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

While MSIs play a key role in promoting faculty diversity by consistently employing more educators of color than other institutions, MSI faculty also face pressures, such as heavy teaching and advising loads, high expectations for research and publishing, and limited resources for career development. Dr. Cheron H.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

As part of this mission, we are committed to ensuring students can access high-quality education in as cost-effective a way as possible. We have recognised the quality and reputation of French higher education and are committed to widening opportunities for many more students around the world to benefit from it.

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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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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. So why has there been such a sudden drop in Welsh 18-year-olds engaging with higher education? While 41.9%

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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. At HEM, we have dedicated the past 15 years to helping educational institutions thrive through innovative and effective marketing solutions. Contact HEM today!

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The PIE News

JANUARY 7, 2025

The taskforce on efficiency and transformation in higher education will be chaired by Nigel Carrington, former vice chancellor at University of the Arts London. Elsewhere, it said the taskforce sets out to support leaders at individual universities by sharing good practice in efficiency, transformation and income generation.

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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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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Legacy preferences in college admissions have plummeted to their lowest recorded level, with just 24% of four-year colleges still considering family alumni status in admissions decisions, according to a comprehensive new report from Education Reform Now. This decline stems from both voluntary institutional decisions and new state legislation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

Students from 77 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are set to participate as HBCU Scholars in the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona. We couldn’t be prouder to support them on their journey.”

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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. Finalists in the Excellence in data and insight category include impressive entries from Enroly, IDP Education, mShare, Navita and Voyage, as well as a joint entry from CEG and Studyportals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Student Affairs and Higher Education, Indiana State University; Ph.D., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA.,

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The PIE News

APRIL 29, 2025

Over the last few years, interest in transnational education has surged. However, the shift to transnational education represents three broader trends that over time will, in my view, be much more significant than immediate pressures and constraints. As a result, a growing number of students will look to travel overseas to study.

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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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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

DECEMBER 31, 2024

This year, education marketing will continue to evolve rapidly, and staying ahead means adapting to the latest trends, technologies, and audience expectations. As a school marketer or administrator, you have the opportunity to refresh your education marketing plan, making it more dynamic, personalized, and impactful. Contact HEM today!

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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.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

How can tertiary education providers – universities, colleges, and others – remain relevant and deliver knowledge, skills and qualifications that meet societal needs and best prepare young people for the future, in a world where labour market requirements are undergoing profound changes?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tallahassee Community College (TCC) recently received recognition from Achieving the Dream , an organization and network founded to close achievement gaps and accelerate student success nationwide by guiding institutional change, influencing public policy, generating knowledge, and engaging the public. 19-22, in Orlando, Florida.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2025

In a significant development for educational access in correctional facilities, the JSTOR Access in Prison (JAIP) program has reached a remarkable milestone, now serving over one million incarcerated learners across the United States. This achievement represents a doubling of the program's reach in just over a year.

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SRHE

APRIL 2, 2025

Although higher education is expected to narrow this divide and build students digital confidence, our findings revealed the opposite. Building on these findings, this blog asks a timely question: as Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) becomes embedded in higher education, will it help bridge this divide or deepen it further?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Supreme Court struck down race-consciousness in college admissions upending four decades of precedent and reshaping the landscape of higher education (Edelman, 2023, par. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership, College of Education, Kansas State University. In June 2023, the U. Dr. Margaretta B. Dr. Carl B.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The multi-sector coalition was founded one year ago to advance policies fostering international student success in the US and has recently expanded its membership to more than 40 education organisations, think tanks and advocacy bodies. “We It’s time for a national strategy on international education,” said Tom Dretler, CEO of Shorelight.

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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. The cohort joins the national higher education reform network of more than 300 community colleges nationwide. Dr. Karen A.

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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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