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5 ways to improve civic engagement among your students

University Business

Higher education plays a critical role in civic engagement and safeguarding democracy, a new white paper from Complete College America suggests. To fulfill higher ed’s potential as an engine of democracy, the coalition has issued a new framework for college civic learning and engagement. economy and democracy.

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Complete College America Offers Playbook on How Higher Education Can Bolster Civic Engagement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the aftermath of the Presidential election, a new report outlines the importance of colleges and universities prioritizing civic education. Complete College America (CCA), which has the mission to raise postsecondary attainment in the U.S., released a white paper that outlines how U.S.

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Proposal Calls for Merger of California’s Higher Education Systems

Insight Into Diversity

A bold new proposal suggests combining Californias community colleges, California State University (CSU), and University of California (UC) systems into a unified institution: California University.

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Return of the MAC: UK migration update

The PIE News

It’s not going to happen Brian Bell, Migration Advisory Committee Bells comments came during a high-profile panel discussion where he spoke alongside Simon Marginson, emeritus professor of higher education at the University of Oxford. “ I don’t think you can take students out of the migration camp,” said Marginson.

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Report Suggests Promoting Transfer Pathways Can Help Reduce Costs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The potential for community college students and adults with some college credit to obtain a future degree is limited by a higher education system that has not fully embraced the many pathways today’s learners take to complete a degree, according to a new white paper from the Center for Higher Education Policy and Practice’s (CHEPP).

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New Paper Examines Funding of Attacks on Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new white paper, released by the American Association of University Professors’ (AAUP) Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, details an outgrowth of a coordinated campaign to generate a backlash against academic institutions.

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Report: Colleges face disincentives to improving transfer

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A number of financial disincentives deter colleges from smoothly transferring students’ course credits from one institution to another, according to a new white paper by the Beyond Transfer Policy Advisory Board (PAB), a group of experts dedicated to transforming the transfer process.

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