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India a ‘target country’ for Finland’s Talent Boost program

The PIE News

As per the latest statistics, there are over 22,000 international students in Finnish higher education institutions, with Indian students maintaining a steady number. Many of the Finnish companies who have facilities here also say that its difficult to find people with the right skills, stated Lhdevirta.

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NL: sector anticipates legislation to limit int’l recruitment

The PIE News

There has also been discussion around institutions being obliged to provide housing to any international students they enroll, a sentiment which was shared by Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences , in an open letter to Dijkgraaf. “By now, the Netherlands is well known for quality education at an affordable price.

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Pell Grant Expansion Extends Educational Opportunities to Thousands of Incarcerated Students

Insight Into Diversity

Data supports the positive impact of PEPs, revealing a 43% lower likelihood of recidivism and a 13% higher employment rate for participants, according to the Vera Institute and the RAND Corporation — a nonprofit policy think tank that conducts research on numerous public sectors, including education.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

How might this precept apply to higher education? As the historian Henry Steele Commager observed six decades ago, American higher education is an amalgam of four distinct educational traditions. ” Yet we can’t do better if we fail to reflect on the past and extract its messages and warnings.

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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

” Princeton’s defense: “Operating expenses don’t include hundreds of millions in capital expenditures the endowment provides every year to fund things like research equipment and facilities.” Nor does it have a major nanoscience facility. Inequities pervade American higher education.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Opportunity to make a difference For the 49-year-old public scholar who has spent much of his career exploring issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and anti-racism leadership across the K-12 and higher education landscape, coming to WMU was an opportunity to help propel the 120-year institution forward.

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The Invisible Student Majority

Inside Higher Ed

” The article raises a lot of issues swirling around the more elite segments of higher education: Are academic standards diminishing? Of course, incidents at private universities where the total cost of attendance hovers around $90,000 a year says little about higher ed as a whole. They don’t.