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India’s education sector braces for change as Modi wins third term

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alliance gaining 232 seats , could lead to a more balanced approach towards education policies on the domestic and international front, according to stakeholders. “A A balanced parliament can foster bipartisan support for comprehensive reforms, focusing on enhancing quality, accessibility, and innovation in higher education.

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Direct Admissions Helps Raise Applications, But Not Enrollments

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Now, new research—one of the largest educational studies ever performed—has revealed both the power and the limits of these programs: direct admissions led to more students applying to college, but it did not mean that more of them would actually enroll. Non-first-generation students were 2.5 points likelier to apply, compared to 3.2

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy. The 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows a 16.1

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Weekend Reading: Rethinking the Cost of Higher Education – A Lecture Revisited

HEPI

The 150m a year National Scholarship Programme which flared and died in just three years was otherwise known as the Save Nick Cleggs Face fund. No one suggests that Open University graduates do not have real degrees, even though they by definition eschew the entire student experience. I wouldnt knock it; I enjoyed it myself.

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Redeveloping Academic Career Frameworks for Twenty-First Century: Why on Earth do we need another academic career pathway?

HEPI

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Professor Mark Sterling, Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Birmingham, and Dr Lia Blaj-Ward , Associate Professor (Teaching & Scholarship) at Nottingham Trent University.

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The State of Higher Education Part 1: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 159 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Courtney Brown

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Before 2011, Brown was a senior research associate at the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University. There, she led studies and evaluations focused on education and post-high school programs within the United States and across Europe. We don’t offer small scholarships or anything like that.

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How federal and state policies gauge colleges' value: Key podcast

Inside Higher Ed

Inside Higher Ed : Is a definition of “value” laid out in federal statute anywhere? But is it where we should stay, or should we ultimately be building out a broader definition of value? McCann: The value of higher education goes far beyond what’s easily quantifiable.

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