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The case for the devolution of higher education policy

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A HEPI report Evolution of Devolution: How higher education policy has diverged across the four nations of the UK Should higher education policy be devolved? As the resulting national political communities deepened, the ability to shape higher education policy made an important contribution.

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UK higher education in spring 2025: 10 ‘killer facts’

HEPI

One example of a recent killer fact is the Office for Students announcement in November 2024 that nearly three quarters (72 per cent) of higher education providers could be in deficit by 2025-26 (1) , which has certainly concentrated minds. This sort of sweeping out is now entirely normal.

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Federal Fumbles and Candidate Silence. How the Next Administration Can Support Education Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Repeatedly, we call for “someone” to show us, through better education policy, that we are not forgotten. Steve Colón The judicial branch is sending loud implicit and explicit messages that diversity should not be a priority in higher education, particularly with the recent reversal of affirmative action. Students

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Why doesn’t higher education make a difference?

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by Amir Shahsavari and Mohammad Eslahi This blog is based on research reported in Shahsavari, A, & Eslahi, M (2025) Dynamics of Imbalanced Higher Education Development: Analysing Factors and Policy Implications in Policy Reviews in Higher Education.

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Western Michigan University Provost Heilig Steps Down After Two Years of Record-Breaking Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For now, Heilig said that he will return to education policy scholarship and research, which he described as a transformative moment in politics, higher education, and society. Under his administration, the university strengthened its academic programs while focusing on equity and student success.

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Has devolution gone too far?

HEPI

Here, HEPI Director Nick Hillman asks if the advantages have been overcooked when it comes to higher education. The devolution of higher education policy beyond Westminster seems here to stay. Higher education is arguably the one area where the devolved institutions have flexed their muscles the most.

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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. From 2005 through 2012, she served as education policy analyst for the Florida Legislature. “Dr.