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IEAA calls on incoming Australian government for sector support

The PIE News

If the blunt instrument of enrolment limits are to continue, the sector needs to have a co-design role that will ensure a fairer and more effective allocation for all providers,” outlined the peak body.

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Georgetown and Howard Universities Awarded $3 Million for Medical Humanities Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Georgetown University and Howard University have been awarded a $3 million grant to help fund the establishment of a center for medical humanities. year grant from the Mellon Foundation will go towards the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice, which aims to reduce health disparities in D.C.

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Humanities majors should pay lower tuition (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

That the humanities are in crisis will surprise exactly no one. Since the Great Recession of 2008, but especially after 2012, the share of majors in the humanities has continued to decrease precipitously among American college-goers. in economics as it does in humanities fields in most American universities?

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Doctoral Distress: Graduate Program Pressures Impact Student Mental Health

Insight Into Diversity

one for STEM and professional schools, the other for arts, humanities, and social sciences. Allocated monetary resources for caregiving, cost-of-living differences, and unique circumstances like assisting international students with visas can ease financial burdens.

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Ontario: 96% of international study permits to public providers – reports

The PIE News

Ontario is expected to give 96% of its allocated study permit applications to public colleges and universities, as a result of the cap requirement handed down to provinces from federal government. Ontario has not formally confirmed how many applications it has been allocated.

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Experts Gathered to Discuss Challenges Facing Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Public universities and private universities all have very different kinds of funding allocations,” said Dirks. When Dirks first arrived at the University of California, Berkeley in 2012, where he served as chancellor, the state’s allocations amounted to 12% of the university budget. Dr. Nicholas B.

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Open Access: A Benefit Not a Burden That is Worth the Cost

HEPI

The proposed enlargement of the REF mandate to include long-form humanities work (books) will extend these benefits to these outputs. This is particularly pertinent at a time when humanities departments are under threat. This calculation is based on the published QR allocation of £166m to Oxford University for the year 2023-24.

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