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Bridging borders in knowledge: the internationalisation of Chinese social sciences

SRHE

As policies aim to balance domestic priorities with global integration, the interplay between China’s academic output and its international reception highlights critical challenges and opportunities. Meanwhile, Education and Political Science publications from China generally attract fewer citations compared to those from the U.S.,

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Challenges Persist for Early-Career Black Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report, titled “Unblocking the Pipeline: Supporting the Retention, Progression and Promotion of Black Early-Career Academics,” was the culmination of a monthslong survey of Black ECAs by the Higher Education Policy Institute, a U.K. There’s kind of Black academics in particular exiting academia at various stages. think tank.

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The conference underscored the mission of postsecondary institutions and academics to work against dehumanizing atmospheres and support the best policies and practices that improve student belonging, community connection, and create thriving faculty. “We They’re there to provide access to higher education to their communities.”

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Invisible labour: visible activism

SRHE

*we acknowledge that invisible and emotional labour can affect any academic of any gender, particularly those on education/ teaching focussed contracts. We highlight patterns about gender distinctions that lead to advantages or exploitations of academics and how these create differing identities and expectations within academia.

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There’s literally a dozen different inflection points along that path to becoming a professor, obstacles that require early interventions that won’t show any results for a long time,” said Dr. Seth Gershenson, a professor of public policy at American University’s School of Public Affairs.

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We wanted Here Comes the Sun, but we got Rain*: A view from Liverpool

HEPI

Like many others with an interest in higher education policy, HEPI Director Nick Hillman swung by Liverpool for a sojourn at the Labour Party Conference. At pretty much any Labour Party conference of the past few years, you could find higher education policy wonks sat in a corner looking dazed and confused.

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UGC chair reveals committee to review Indian entrance exam irregularities

The PIE News

Focusing on the National Education Policy 2020’s promise to build accessible and quality education in India, the UGC is set to train over 1.5 With internationalisation being a key component for the development of NEP, the UGC has announced a new policy encouraging biannual admissions in Indian universities.