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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Success stories Among the initiatives success stories is Dr. Shanna L.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. There must be deliberate and continuous assessment to identify and implement strategies that improve Latino student achievement. Santiago and Sarita E.

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A view from Abuja: the global refugee crisis and higher education

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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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Delivering economic growth: the case for a financially secure higher education sector

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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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Understanding Academic Exile After the 2024 Election

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For these scholars, exile, though certainly not wanted, meant freedom to examine, critique, and resist, which they could not have achieved had they remained under the thumb of totalitarianism. The American higher educational experiment should be a haven of free thought, a place where even the most uncomfortable truths could be explored.

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The Evolving Landscape of Higher Education in America

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

UCLA Graduation As graduates streamed into commencement ceremonies last May, their faces reflected the changing demographics of American higher education. 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.

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Student Accommodation after 2024 and the Need for Strategic Realignment

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But at a time of rapid change in higher education, the answers to these questions are, at best, illusive. The higher tariff universities have pushed the boat out and taken a lot of home undergraduate students. The last UCAS figures (19 September 2024) showed 137,680 undergraduate admissions.

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