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Olin College President Steps Down Amid Financial Strain, Latest in String of Higher Ed Leadership Exits

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gilda Barabino, president of Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts, will leave her position at the end of the academic year, adding to the growing list of higher Dr. Gilda Barabino education leadership departures. The engineering college, founded in 1997, has struggled with operating deficits for over a decade.

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New taskforce launched to explore UK mergers

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The taskforce on efficiency and transformation in higher education will be chaired by Nigel Carrington, former vice chancellor at University of the Arts London. They are also critical regional employers, engines of growth, and equip our future workforce with the skills the UK needs to thrive.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. Dr. Vernon Dunn, director of The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering at the National Academy of Engineers, first met Williams at one of the summer programs Williams ran at Xavier. Move it forward—disrupt it. Our discipline is hard.

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Canadian associations welcome collaboration with new Prime Minister

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This aligns with the governments aim to reduce Canadas total population of temporary residents by about 445,000 in 2025 followed by another 445,000 in 2026. Transfers from provincial coffers have been frozen, leaving universities to rely completely on international students for growth, he stated at an event, as per Canadian media reports.

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APAIE 2025 champions inclusivity and global citizenship

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With a focus on representing marginalised regions in the Asia-Pacific, promoting diversity and inclusion in higher education, facilitating the exchange of ideas, and emphasising sustainability at APAIE 2025, C. Participants eagerly welcomed the announcement of Hong Kong as the host city for APAIE 2026.

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New funding models explored as UK HEIs “running out of road”

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Stakeholders in UK higher education are exploring a range of potential funding models for undergraduate education, against a backdrop of financial sustainability concerns, course cuts and redundancies for higher education institutions. “Higher education institutions across the UK are under financial strain.

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Universities of Wisconsin Regents Reject Deal to Cut Diversity Efforts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They also denied funding for an engineering building at UW-Madison, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. UW leaders’ deal with Republicans on Friday would have resulted in the funding for a 6% UW employee raise over two years; a new engineering building – approximately $200 million; and dorm renovations. lawmakers on the right.