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Changes in AP Scores, 2022 to 2024

Higher Ed Data Stories

Used to be, with a little work, you could download very detailed data on AP results from the College Board website: For every state, and for every course, you could see performance by ethnicity. Marco Learning's take was that this was intentional on the part of the College Board, and that it would continue on other exams in the future.

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More financial assistance sought in Indian budget

The PIE News

Strengthening partnerships with global universities could further open doors for Indian students in accessing academic and work opportunities, she added. UGC saw a 50% cut in the latest interim budget, falling from Rs5.3m last year to Rs2.5m in the 2024/25 financial year.

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“Huge growth opportunity” for Bangladesh

The PIE News

Pasha advised institutions that engaging “with the right stakeholders” is crucial to success in Bangladesh – including the University Grants Commission, the Ministry of Education and the Bangladesh High Commission. .

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India issues draft rules for foreign university branches

Inside Higher Ed

Once approved by the University Grants Commission, providers will be free to set their own tuition fees, define student selection criteria and appoint faculty. Furqan Qamar, former secretary general of the Association of Indian Universities and professor of management at Jamia Millia Islamia, a university in New Delhi, agreed.

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What happened the last time Labour wrestled with equality versus excellence in education?

HEPI

In a few other areas covered by the book, we can see clearly how time has marched on – for instance, there is more information provided here than one would wish to include in any new book on the slightly tedious battles over Oxbridge college fees, which were a bugbear of some parts of the Blair / Brown ascendancy.

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Teaching and research? Yes, but universities have another important job

SRHE

In most authoritarian states, universities and colleges do not seem to carry the same weight as the judiciary: they are apparently mostly left to get on with their work in peace, providing, naturally, that they don’t cause trouble for the regime.

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Review of The Robbins Report at 60 (HEPI Policy Note 49) by Mike Shattock

HEPI

The Government had been alerted to the future funding dilemmas posed by the likely increase in the demand for student places in higher education by the Treasury through the University Grants Committee (UGC) and appointed Lord Robbins as a safe pair of hands (with a strong Treasury background as well as holding a leading university position).

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