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Higher education postcard: University College London

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This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag takes us to “that godless institution in Gower Street” The post Higher education postcard: University College London appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher education postcard: Camberwell College of Arts

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This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to not-a-polytechnic in Peckham The post Higher education postcard: Camberwell College of Arts appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Beware of the Zombie College Scam Haunting Higher Education

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Some 12,000 colleges closed between 2004 and 2020, with at least 72 more folding since then. An undead college, of course — and it’s a lot more than a silly Halloween prank. But what’s scarier than a school that has died?

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Rethinking the Idea of Legacy in Higher Education: How Colleges Can Raise Up Student-Parents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Legacy college admissions — the practice of selective institutions giving preference to children and relatives of alumni — is under intense scrutiny today. Legacy admissions has an even more corrosive influence: It widens equity gaps in higher education. Nearly one-fourth of all college undergraduates — roughly 3.8

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How college presidents are quietly resisting federal attacks on higher education

Higher Ed Dive

Many leaders of institutions favor behind-the-scenes resistance over protests and op-eds, the Council of Independent Colleges’ president writes.

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It’s Time for Higher Education Leadership to Embrace 'Good Trouble’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In higher education, these legislative attacks have led to a decline in Black and Latino student enrollment at selective colleges and universities and have prompted institutions to abandon their commitment to equity. If ever there was a time for good trouble in higher education, that time is now.

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Over 100 Organizations Urge Congress to Reverse Federal Education Grant Cancellations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy A coalition of 104 education organizations has called on Congress to immediately reverse the Department of Education's recent cancellation of several major teacher preparation grant programs, a move that has disrupted educator pipelines across the country and threatens to worsen the national teacher shortage crisis.