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Wales doubles down on welcoming international students

The PIE News

Wales has a proud history of internationalism. Our tertiary education sector has a notable heritage of raising Waless voice on the global stage and welcoming the world to Wales. Building on this, Universities Wales has published a report calling for a comprehensive strategy for international education and research for Wales.

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An Apology for the Liberal Arts

HEPI

What job could a person possibly get with an Art History degree, for instance? It dismisses the extent to which the study of Art History (or another subject in the humanities, social sciences, or physical sciences) within a liberal arts framework can profoundly enrich an individual and society. Yet, this picture is a sham.

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700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Here’s what that could mean for your institution

EAB

Beginning July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell Grant eligible , enabling qualified students to pursue federally funded college education for the first time since the 1990s. The History of Higher Ed for Incarcerated Students. The majority of US jobs require some college to a bachelor’s degree.

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Survey Shows Gen Z’s Unique Perspective on Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As Americans’ perception of higher education continues to slide , research is showing that the youngest are the most skeptical. colleges, 14 points lower than the rate of Baby Boomers. It’s just so expensive to go to college,” she said. “A The survey showed that Gen Z wants blend to school and work.

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Institutional autonomy: does it need an ‘academic community’?

HEPI

This post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. OfS will register providers without degree-awarding powers or ‘university title’, and may include ‘academies’ for 16-19 year-olds and Further Education Colleges.

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Is the future tertiary?

HEPI

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Alice Wilby , Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Access, Participation and Student Experience) at University College Birmingham. There are many FE colleges on the OfS register, with many more delivering HE through franchise arrangements and Institutes of Technology.

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Strikes disrupt undergraduate learning anew

Inside Higher Ed

Many of these students’ college experiences already have been impacted by COVID-19, and this new disruption is especially challenging due to the internal nature of the conflict and the lack of clear guidance about how to proceed. ” The parent continued, “I just want to say, these are the wrong kids to do this to.

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