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From the Military to the Ivy League: Two Veterans Pursue Dartmouth’s Online Master of Engineering

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John Murphy and Felix Hong have traversed unique yet parallel journeys, from serving their country to pursuing advanced degrees through Dartmouths online Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering (MEng). I needed more formal education, John said. For John, the online format was non-negotiable. The flexibility was critical.

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Higher Education Faces Challenges: Rising Costs, Declining Enrollment, and Equity Issues

Insight Into Diversity

The higher education landscape in the United States is undergoing a seismic shift, with as many as 80 colleges and universities predicted to close by 2029. However, beneath these challenges lies a critical opportunity to prioritize inclusivity and equity in shaping the future of higher education.

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TU Dresden and KCL transCampus aims to widen

The PIE News

Now is the time for like-minded partners and countries with common principles to collaborate in education, speakers said at an event celebrating a decade of the transCampus partnership between King’s College London and Technische Universität Dresden. “And that’s what this partnership has represented in many ways.”

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

John Hope Franklin Award but was recognized at this year’s American Council on Education (ACE) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The individuals and organizations chosen are those whose contributions to higher education are consistent with the highest standards of excellence. regrettably, the award ceremony was cancelled in 2009.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

by GR Evans Should higher education providers foster a ‘research culture’? As the body responsible for research under the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), UK Research and Innovation offers its own definition. Under the Oxford and Cambridge Act (1877). The inclusion of ‘research’ was still a recent arrival in universities.

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Danish minister calls for international student u-turn amid labour shortages

The PIE News

Denmark’s higher education minister has called for more university spaces to be opened up to international students, two years after the country capped student numbers on English-language courses. But now the country’s education and science minister, a member of the Moderates party, has called for a policy reversal.

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