Economics and Change in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Alderson Broaddus University has lost its state authorization to grant degrees, likely prompting a closure unless the small Baptist institution in West Virginia can win an appeal to overturn the state board decision.

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University Business

AUGUST 1, 2023

The board overseeing West Virginia’s four-year colleges and universities voted Monday to revoke a small Baptist university’s ability to award degrees, in response to its staggering debts. Alderson Broaddus University will be prohibited from awarding degrees starting Dec. Read more from AP News.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Many taking “low-value” degrees will be working class, ethnic minority, disabled or mature students, some of whom are unable to relocate for their higher education or any subsequent professional role due to a lack of resources or because of familial commitments.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Span has been appointed dean for the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. He served as a professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he holds a doctoral degree.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

Fountain holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Delaware State University, a master’s in special education/behavior disorders from West Virginia University, and a Ph.D. in educational policy studies from Georgia State.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JULY 23, 2023

Those charged with explaining the policy had been sent into the field without any clear idea of what the word ‘good’ actually meant On Monday, as part of their ongoing fabricated culture war, a desperate Conservative government declared an incoherent assault on “rip-off” degrees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Alexander holds a bachelor’s degree in both finance and operations management, a master’s in public administration, and a doctorate in higher education policy and leadership all from the University of South Carolina. She served as vice provost for administration at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 29, 2024

“It will foster academic collaboration and bring an international dimension to the Indian higher education system, opening up opportunities to study for a top 100 degree in-country.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 30, 2024

Varying Degrees 2024 is New America's eighth annual survey on higher education. New America Americans still generally value higher education and support more investment from the state and federal government to make it more affordable, according to a new report from New America.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Exclusive: Move penalises courses with a high proportion of working-class or minority ethnic students, critics say Rishi Sunak will force universities to limit the number of students taking “low-value” degrees in England, a measure which is most likely to hit working class and black, Asian and minority ethnic applicants.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 2, 2023

Williams earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of the West Indies, a master’s in education policy and leadership and a Ph.D. in education policy from the University of Maryland College Park.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Perdomo-Ahmed holds a bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies and cultural anthropology from Mount Holyoke College, as well as master’s and doctorate degrees in educational policy, research, and administration from the University of Massachusetts.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JUNE 18, 2024

Chatting with students earlier this month at the first degree show of UCL’s new media BA (a programme I co-designed), I was impressed by their integration of intellectual rigour with creative flair in film-making and video game design. But education policy needs to examine the wider consequences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 10, 2024

Similarly for degree-seeking veterans at two-year institutions, the average annual earnings coming from a for-profit institution was less, at $32,800, than the $38,600 in earning coming from a public institution, despite for-profit colleges costing taxpayers more.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2024

Rochon holds a bachelor’s degree from Tuskegee University and master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He did doctoral work in educational policy studies. He currently serves as president of the University of Southern Indiana (USI), where he also served as provost.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

Johnson holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s in educational policy studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as well as a Ph.D. in higher education and student affairs from The Ohio State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Kim holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master's from California State University, Fullerton, both in cultural anthropology. She also has a doctoral degree in higher education policy, evaluation, and reform from Claremont Graduate University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

based Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), one of the nation’s premiere education research and policy centers, Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper has a vision. Since taking the helm of IHEP in 2008, Cooper’s been out front influencing national education policy. As president of the Washington, D.C.-based

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Patricia Cross Award is open to all doctoral-level graduate students who are planning a career in higher education, regardless of academic department, and have been nominated by a faculty member or administrator. Graduate students in fields where the master’s degree is the terminal degree are also eligible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and part of a multiyear research project led by Dr. Kevin Stange, co-director of the University of Michigan's Education Policy Initiative. The study indicates that the institutions are being responsive, according to Stange, an associate professor of public policy at Michigan.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

For a higher education policy wonk, this summer was a momentous occasion. First, there were stories and debates beamed into my hotel room on breakfast TV about the value of higher education, graduate debt and whether degrees really lead to well-paid jobs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Zamani-Gallaher’s scholarly work focuses on equitable participation in higher education; transfer, access, and retention policies; minoritized student populations in marginalized institutional contexts; and racial equity and campus climate in postsecondary education pathways.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

Aracely’s return to school 20 years after her first try wasn’t only about earning a degree. Four in every 10 college undergraduates leave school before completing a degree. These college stopouts have grown into a population of more than 40 million American adults who have some college credit but no degree.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

“They provide a quality education and empower underserved students — including Dreamers and first-generation college students — to earn degrees and build better lives for their families,” the proclamation said.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 26, 2023

The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission this month granted reauthorization for every private college in the state to continue to operate and award degrees, except for one: Alderson Broaddus University, MetroNews reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

in educational policy and planning, Reid hopes to make an impact on federal and state policies related to education. When he went into his master’s degree [in educational psychology], he said, ‘Dr. Reid is already meeting with politicians in Texas about educational policy.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But, after years of struggling to collect accurate data, the total mobility rate stands at around 10% for bachelor’s degree graduates. “The results also suggest that it would make sense to replace the present 20% benchmark with a more differentiated approach, by distinguishing degree cycles, but also credit and degree mobility.”

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JULY 17, 2023

Education secretary makes largely symbolic speech about something that will probably never happen You’d have thought ministers would have wanted to celebrate the UK signing the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

IHEP recognized LaGuardia’s unique approach to its ACE students, and its deliberate, un-siloed course alignment that offers ACE students course credit toward a credential or degree. Students at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, NY. In many of our ACE programs, we grant academic credit.

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IHEP

JULY 17, 2024

Ten years after completing a degree, a typical LaGuardia student earns approximately $46,500 a year, nearly $7,000 more than what they would need to break even on their college investment and roughly $5,000 more than typical associate’s degree holders in the state. The responsibility to serve our students well is one we take seriously.

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The PIE News

MARCH 22, 2024

.” The Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia highlighted that its members were given eight days to implement the Genuine Student Requirement before March 23. “To deal with this regulatory failure, the government is implementing additional and more punitive regulations. .

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HEPI

JULY 16, 2024

The new Labour Government quite rightly has a strong focus on economic growth and new higher education policies should seek to support this central goal. What follows are some initial thoughts that aim to foster a debate and fill the current policy vacuum. However, there is a disparity in the student population.

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The PIE News

JULY 5, 2024

The stage was set for greater overseas investment by India’s New Education Policy 2020 , “India’s declaration to the world that ‘we’re open’” according to Tomar. India’s NEP was announced in 2020 and is still in the process of being implemented.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2024

This finding came as a surprise, said report co-author Martin Van Der Werf, director of editorial and education policy for the CEW. However, it seems that those with associate’s degrees or lower fared better in rural areas than in urban ones. Per their criteria for a good job, researchers found that workers in the rural U.S.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The most positive trait of working in a rural area is that rural workers without a bachelor’s degree fare better than those in urban America, thanks to its remaining blue-collar jobs and a rising recreation and tourism economy. As a result, researchers at Georgetown recommended the following to fortify higher education in rural America.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 14, 2024

Adapting Strategies for Broader Application Not only are instructional programs eligible for these economical tactics, by including comparable techniques, including using open educational resources, providing online courses, and making sure program credits transfer to additional certifications or degrees, other fields can modify these approaches.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Image: New data from the Lumina Foundation on college degree or credential attainment rates for U.S. The national share of working-age Americans who hold college degrees increased across racial and ethnic groups and rose in all states between 2019 and 2021. Still, the national degree attainment rate is 45.7 percent in 2019.

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