WCET Frontiers

JUNE 18, 2024

Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19th, marks a pivotal moment in American history—the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their freedom, years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. This acknowledgment is crucial for fostering understanding, healing, and progress.

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UW Presidential Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

At the University of Washington, women have been making history since the University was founded. Together, this marks first time in UW history that all four of these leadership positions have been held by women.

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Edu Alliance Journal

JANUARY 27, 2025

January 27, 2025 It has been two years since I last wrote a blog post for the Edu Alliance Journal. At 74, I still have ideas to share and contributions to make in the field of higher education. In 1975, I designed my own major in College Administration, combining courses in business, history/political science, and psychology.

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HEPI

JANUARY 21, 2025

It is not news that the higher education sectors relationship with international activity is strained, from recruiting students to delivering research and innovation partnerships with institutions overseas. Looking back to inform the future It is important to reflect and scrutinise how we got here.

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HEPI

JULY 9, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Ruth Arnold , Director of External Affairs at Study Group. For higher education, a political affairs reset began long before the polls concluded. And so it is decided. After weeks of debates and polls, elephant traps and memes, the election is over. It’s been a long wait.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

As we look to the future of higher education, blended learning might be the model students need as they navigate an ever-changing and ever-challenging world. But, what does the strategic combination of online and in-person instruction really look like in higher education? 2019; Vallée et al.,

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Cadmus is running a series of collaborative roundtables with UK university leaders about the challenges and opportunities of generative AI in higher education. Projects include rethinking historical skills assessment with LLMs in Classics and Ancient History and student-led hackathons on detecting bias in AIs.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

AUGUST 7, 2024

Reading Time: 12 minutes As we navigate through 2024, the landscape of higher education marketing is evolving at an unprecedented pace. At HEM, we have dedicated the past 15 years to helping educational institutions thrive through innovative and effective marketing solutions. Contact HEM today!

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HEPI

OCTOBER 19, 2022

This blog was kindly contributed by Professor James Ransom, Head of Research at the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE). This blog is the fifth in our series on leadership in partnership with NCEE. At NCEE we surveyed higher education leaders and looked at the traits of effective university leaders.

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Kortext University Leaders' Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Although we’re living in a more progressive society, racial discrimination and inequality can be felt by people of colour in the UK to this very day, emphasising the importance of honouring Black History Month. . So, what is Black History Month and why should you care about it? . The importance of Black History Month.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The past’s meaning only becomes clear in hindsight. This is the case in politics, but it’s also true in higher education. Shifts in demography, the economy and cultural values have far greater influence than the stories that dot the higher ed press. What might we see?

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

MAY 29, 2024

Reading Time: 9 minutes The rapid advancement of higher education marketing strategies indicates that institutions are continually seeking innovative strategies to enhance student engagement and streamline administrative processes. Understanding CRM in Higher Education What is CRM in higher education?

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma As psychological anthropologist Nat Kendall-Taylor recently noted , When the College Board revised the draft African American studies curriculum, it removed the word “systemic.” Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. The budget rose from $9.5

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

MAY 1, 2024

Reading Time: 10 minutes In the dynamic landscape of higher education, institutions constantly seek innovative strategies to enhance their brand visibility, improve student engagement, and foster a sense of community. One potent yet underutilized strategy is the implementation of a Student Ambassador Program. To what end?

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Ask yourself: Would the $20 million gift that Bloomberg Philanthropies gave to Princeton in 2021 to support the university’s first-generation and low-income students have a greater impact at Tougaloo College, an HBCU with a $10 million endowment? Kimball and Sarah M.

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SRHE

MARCH 19, 2025

by GR Evans This blog was first published in the Oxford Magazine No 475 (Eighth Week, Hilary term, 2025) and is reproduced here with permission of the author and the editor. Her chapters begin with a survey of the organisation of UK higher education today. The scope of the needs to be met is now very wide.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

As we look to the future of higher education, blended learning might be the model students need as they navigate an ever-changing and ever-challenging world. But, what does the strategic combination of online and in-person instruction really look like in higher education? 2019; Vallée et al.,

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HEPI

JULY 8, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Andrew Connors, Managing Director for Higher Education, Lloyds Banking Group; Katy Heaphy, Environmental and Social Business at Lloyds Banking Group; and Paul Kett, Senior Advisor and Global Director for Education and Skills at PwC. students and contributed £71bn to UK GDP.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 30, 2022

HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. In this blog, my aim is to bring together a few exemplars of experiences by people of colour within academia. I am also reminded of my own experiences, too many to recount, one of which I recently shared on the HEPI blog.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 2, 2025

The higher education landscape in 2024 has been marked by significant upheaval and transformation some might say that it has been the most turbulent year in its history.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

And so for a third year we say that ‘hopefully’ secondary and higher education will reopen for our many talented Afghan girls. That the arc of history may indeed bend forward. Get our updates via email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

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HEPI

JANUARY 16, 2025

The QS World Future Skills Index , just launched, offers a detailed breakdown of the globes higher education systems, their links with industries and how countries are preparing for the next industrial evolution. Higher education in other markets globally is innovating at a far more rapid rate than in the UK.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma There are harsh truths—lies and secrets, guilt and shame—that we generally don’t want to admit. That inequities pervade American higher education, including gates that restrict entry into high-demand, high-salary majors in computer science, economics, finance, engineering and nursing.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

Blog: Just Explain It to Me! And yet, faith has played and continues to play a large part in higher education. Indicating a founding status evidences an appreciative and respectful nod to its religiously based history but signifies a more secular approach to teaching and student experience. In the U.S.,

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HEPI

MAY 30, 2023

There is a long history of people getting their predictions about the future of technology, including the future of technology in education, wrong. Just ten years ago, in the words of Wired magazine, Sebastian Thrun declared that ‘ In 50 years … there will be only ten institutions in the world delivering higher education ’.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 13, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Sarra Jenkins , Director of Future Pathways at Loughborough Grammar School. Sarra has previously blogged for HEPI on the topics of getting the best fit for students and supporting students to move into higher education. has to be a positive. appeared first on HEPI.

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Academe Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

WILSON The presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT testified on Capitol Hill on December 5, 2023, at a hearing on “Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism,” and the bipartisan political backlash with demands for their resignations is unprecedented in the history of higher education, including the forced resignation of Penn president… (..)

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Coursera blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

For Dennis Harlow, higher education wasnt just about earning a degreeit was about transforming his career, expanding his professional network, and immersing himself in a program that aligned with his life. The post A Network that Feels like Home: Dennis Harlows Journey with the Gies iMSA appeared first on Coursera Blog.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Amira Campbell, President of the National Union of Students (NUS). Some readers of this blog may be unfamiliar with the way guarantor requirements discriminate against both these specific groups of students, and in fact, many renters residing here in the UK.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Natalie Forster, Research Fellow in Applied Health and Social Care at Northumbria University. It draws upon research funded by the Society for Research into Higher Education , in which we explored how these communities are portrayed in widening participation research, policy and practice.

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HEPI

MAY 24, 2023

This blog is written by HEPI’s Bahram Bekhradnia, HEPI’s founder and President. Although according to a Times Higher Education survey lecturers are in general somewhat to the left of the population at large, HEPI surveys show students more or less exactly match their peers in their voting intentions.

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HEPI

JANUARY 2, 2023

Peter Hitchens, A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System – This book is not primarily about higher education but is rather about selective schooling, which is a major feeder for selective universities. And if the government won’t do it, universities should.’

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

This blog is in the form of an audio file by Nicole Cherruault, a journalist at The Times. Nicole holds an MA (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh in History and Politics and an MA in International Journalism from City, University of London. A full transcript is also provided below.

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Georgia Tech President's Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As the featured guest for the 10th installment of Cátedra Permanente — Futuros de la Educación Superior, Cabrera touches on his experience with higher education, the history of Georgia Tech, and its pillars of growth in innovation.

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SRHE

MAY 28, 2024

By Michael Shattock Editor’s note: Michael Shattock is the guru of governance studies in HE; SRHE Blog is delighted to bring you his invitation to researchers in HE to expand their work in governance – a definitive statement about the many contributions that governance research can make to our understanding of higher education.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. There is now an enormous range of ‘higher education providers’. This piece is the first part of two on the topic of institutional autonomy. Questions are being asked.

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SRHE

MARCH 6, 2023

by Carli Rowell This blog reports on presentations and discussion at an SRHE event on 1 February 2023. arguing that the legacy of elitism persists in relation to higher education. Reflecting on her initial motivations to pursue higher education Crew spoke of wanting to be able to read the “posh newspapers”.

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