Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Ensuring a successful educational experience for our students is akin to the art of culinary development, where thoughtful preparation is fundamental. This parallels the concept of pre-courses, which serve as innovative ingredients and preparatory tools in the educational kitchen.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 10, 2024

Supreme Court’s 2023 rulings against race-conscious admissions in higher education. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a press release on the anniversary of the court’s decision. Critics argue that such scholarships disadvantage White students by favoring certain racial groups.

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HEPI

JULY 21, 2024

Unlike research output, which can be easily measured through journal rankings, citations, and research income, the impact of teaching and scholarship is harder to quantify, making progression criteria poorly defined across the higher education sector. If the system disadvantages certain applicants, it does more harm than good.

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The PIE News

JUNE 19, 2024

Moreover, the west Indian state has also imposed an annual income limit of Rs 8 lakhs (£7,552) on the candidates despite the average monthly income of SC, and ST families being INR 5,000 (£47) less than non-disadvantaged categories in India. I secured admission at Harvard University for a course in MA in Education Policy and Analysis.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 7, 2023

. “Our review is purposeful and nuanced—respecting varied backgrounds, voices and experiences—in order to best determine an applicant’s suitability for admission and ability to thrive in our curriculum and our community, and to advance access to our educational opportunities,” says Columbia’s updated testing policy webpage.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

As social action charity Student Hubs closes on 31 January 2025 , we have spent the past six months creating resources, toolkits and a report which advocates for growing student social action within universities: we want to share an overview of our case and legacy to the higher education sector.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Supreme Court struck down the consideration of race-conscious admissions, a growing number of lawmakers, advocates, and higher education leaders have called for banning legacy status as a potential factor in the admission process. In the year since the U.S. Opponents of legacy admissions.— For example, U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

A college education gave Aracely Bahenat access to a career in health care that enabled her to provide a better life for her three sons and escape violent domestic abuse. College completion rates for older students and historically disadvantaged learners continue to lag behind those of students who are white or of traditional age.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 16, 2023

The assessment criteria includes questions around how projects will encourage new global relationships, how they will support disadvantaged learners and how they deliver value for money. This year, 150 higher education institutions applied for Turing funding , compared to 211 further education and VET institutions, and 159 schools.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Race and higher education scholars are voicing criticism, concern, and cynicism after the University of Florida ended many of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, a move that the school cited it took to comply with a state law that was passed last year. Ahmed, vice provost for DEI at the University of Vermont. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action in college admissions in June has left universities, nonprofit organizations, Richard Kahlenberg and other higher education stakeholders with a single question: What are the best paths forward? to help identify the economic factors for which Kahlenberg has advocated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

AccessLex Institute, a nonprofit organization that advocates access to legal education, released its biannual summary of demographic, financial, and academic data about U.S. Systemic disadvantages are why it’s important for schools and organizations like LSAC and AcessLex to reach prospective law students of color early, Winfield said.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Image: After years of lobbying, the so-called 90-10 loophole that advocates argued encouraged some for-profit institutions to aggressively recruit military service members and veterans is closing under final regulations effective July 1 that were announced Thursday. The for-profit industry doesn’t plan to oppose the new regulations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2023

Supreme Court is expected to deliver a devastating verdict to advocates of affirmative action. Now, Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce has released a report on the potential impacts of the decision and how higher ed and governments can react. I think the lobbying world would have a lot to say about that.”

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The PIE News

MAY 8, 2023

In a recent piece for Science , Ali Khaledi-Nasab, a former graduate of a US PhD program, said that he had almost sold his kidney to pursue his education. “You can give up on education or take desperate measures” “So what do you do? You can give up on education or take desperate measures.” Think about it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In October 2022, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) released a new report where, again, Black students lagged behind white students on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) also known as the Nation’s Report Card. Years later, our experiences still haunt us.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2023

Not that long ago, higher education advocates regularly complained about the lack of national attention on colleges and universities. Today, higher education is a hot topic and almost always for negative reasons. Now is not the time for higher education to walk back this progress. This would be a missed opportunity.

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University Business

MARCH 11, 2024

With public trust in higher education waning and a barrage of reports illustrating the middling outcomes associated with Americans who earn a college degree, state lawmakers are fighting to restore public trust in their institutions by promising to hold them more accountable.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As access to higher education improves, the traditional path—four years at a single institution, culminating in a bachelor’s degree—is becoming less and less the norm. Now, researchers from Ithaka S+R, part of the educational non-profit ITHAKA, are saying that it’s time for a change.

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Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

DECEMBER 18, 2022

During the Empower Learners for the Age of AI (ELAI) conference earlier in December 2022, it became apparent to me personally that not only does Artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to revolutionize the field of education, but that it already is. Like any technology, AI also has its disadvantages and limitations.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Advocates for the UK’s Graduate visa are gearing up efforts into protecting the post-study work right opportunity for international students ahead of a review into the scheme. “We have reconfirmed our intention to attract the best and brightest.” ” However could the government roll back the Graduate Route?

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Projects include providing health education and outreach services to local residents, collaborating with community organizations to address environmental conditions impacting wellness, conducting research on disparities and inequity, and advocating for relevant policies and programs.

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Higher Education Inquirer

APRIL 22, 2025

The (in)justice system is increasingly overwhelmed by massive case backlogs and a growing pattern of decisions that disproportionately disadvantage working-class individuals, raising serious concerns about equal access to justice and the erosion of public trust in legal institutions. Reforming the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Francis’ bachelor’s degree in public health addresses healthcare disparities and provides students insight into public health systems, issues, and policies related to health education and disease prevention for diverse populations. Public health is a social responsibility.

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HEPI

MAY 17, 2024

We previously published a chapter by David Willetts , Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014, and another by Chloe Field , Vice President for Higher Education at the National Union of Students. Over the next few weekends, we will be running select chapters from that collection as Weekend Reading.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Schools of nursing are working to not only educate future nurses, but also bring more diversity to the profession. Response to the pandemic In 2022, Claflin, an HBCU institution in Orangeburg, South Carolina, was an AACN Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability in Nursing Education Lectureship Award Winner.

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The PIE News

APRIL 11, 2023

The qualitative study was carried out by Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh for the Higher Education Quarterly. It found that South Asian graduates are disadvantaged by generic career advice and resume assistance offered by their university career office. This change of provider too often results in a sub-optimal education outcome.

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University Business

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Higher education institutions have long grappled with how to effectively close the gaps that exist among their student populations. This shift to remote education has made written communication skills critical to student success. Higher ed leaders are responsible for nurturing change and advocating for resources .

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Willis Scholarship Program, which launched at the start of the 2016-2017 academic year, provides scholarships to Connecticut students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. It exemplifies the powerful impact of collaboration between higher education institutions and organizations to support underserved students.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Data describing the institutions from which faculty members receive doctoral degrees can also inform understanding of (the lack of) diversity of perspectives and the potential advantages and disadvantages that different faculty members have. The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, sponsored by the U.S. What Do We Do?

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Arguments against legacy admission have grown in recent years with the rise of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) efforts in higher education. My goal is to make sure equity and access in higher [education] is merit-driven and fair,” Maryland Delegate Jazz Lewis, a Democrat and the bill’s sponsor, said in a Jan.

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totallyrewired

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Visualize empowering linguistically disadvantaged students with advanced language models, giving them a level playing field. Educational institutions, Singh contends, have another pivotal role. He advocates for the mainstreaming of critical pedagogy.

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Today's Learner

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Retention has always been a buzzword in higher education, even before the pandemic. But for Minority Serving Institutions , retention means more than keeping students on the registration roster – it’s also a primary pathway to achieving educational equity. This is the most effective way to achieve education equity.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

STEM ALL IN Clemson University College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences (CECAS) STEM ALL IN empowers participants to pursue STEM graduate degrees through on-campus experiences, educational sessions, and network building. Students gain STEM learning experiences that challenge them to think critically.

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LSE Higher Education Blog

APRIL 2, 2025

The LSE HE Blog is always keen to engage with its readers and the higher education (HE) community and I was glad to continue the discussion beyond my blogpost. First, I advocate for explainable AI systems that allow humans to comprehend and justify AI decisions, especially in critical areas such as college admissions and recruitment.

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SRHE

AUGUST 15, 2024

by Lucy Cokes ‘Live briefs’ are used in Higher Education programmes, and I suggest that they can help promote equity and employability if they are used in very specific ways. By not fully embedding these live opportunities into assessments, there is an inadvertent disadvantage to those already disadvantaged.

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SRHE

DECEMBER 12, 2022

There are good reasons why institutional human research ethics committees (RECs) or research ethics boards (REBs) are needed in higher education institutions – namely, to ensure research participants are treated in accordance with a set of agreed standards and principles. by Jacqueline Stevenson, Tom Power and Alison Fox.

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