Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2023

Although 80% of students who enroll in community colleges plan on getting a bachelor’s degree, only around 15% do so within six years. It’s a product of what seems like a perpetually leaky transfer process, in which, nationwide, 43% of credits are lost between schools.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 12, 2023

Virginia Byrne, assistant professor of higher education and student affairs at Morgan State. “He Those fellowships as well as Morgan and HBCUs more broadly have helped me to understand that my Blackness is a strength and I don’t have to put it on the backburner to pursue scholarship and knowledge development,” he said. “It

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The PIE News

MARCH 6, 2023

Additionally, Deakin signed an agreement with Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals which will create a sports-related scholarship for Indian students. India is aiming to educate 500 million students by 2035, and Australia’s universities are here to help,” Dewar added.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 31, 2023

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. Doing so would enable universities to achieve integrated impact across multiple missions and commitments to society.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Akram followed through, was accepted and was offered a $20,000 scholarship. Instead, he found and enrolled at the University of the People, which offered him a full scholarship to pay for the (minimal) course assessment fees at this otherwise tuition-free university. But we’re looking at it with hope.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Prior to heading to graduate school at the University of Washington, Howard taught elementary school in the Compton Unified School District while working on his master’s degree at California State University, Dominguez Hills. While pursuing a master’s degree in education, Howard quickly developed a deep passion for research. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. It’s a certificate that can move into an associate degree. The program has a 100% graduation rate. “We

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SRHE

MAY 11, 2023

A similar increase was evident in relation to the impact case studies submitted for both exercises, with the number of higher education-focussed impact case studies increasing from 15 per cent of all those submitted to the Education unit of assessment in REF2014 to 21 per cent in REF2021 (see Table 2).

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 13, 2023

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2024

A senior at the University of New Orleans (UNO), she will graduate in May with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies and has aspirations of pursuing an MBA. She applied, received a scholarship, and “was introduced to a community of young moms like me.” In 2018 at the age of 17, Lopez learned that she was pregnant. “I

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SRHE

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The HEFCE-commissioned evaluation tells us only that it was not very ‘useful’ in the terms defined by the current policy framework. No 46 English higher education policy: hope and pay ). No 48 Tunnel vision: higher education policy and the Office for Students ). No 17 This is an ex-Minister ).

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

As a proud philosophy major, I always take offense when state policy makers say, “We’ve got to get rid of philosophy degrees.” Inside Higher Ed : Ernest, how do you come at this question about the role of policy in judging institutions’ value?

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University Business

MAY 22, 2024

“This law will make it easier for students pursuing higher education in Colorado to understand the cost of their degree or certificate,” Democratic Rep. Opportunity Next Colorado will grant more than 14,000 graduating seniors a one-time $1,500 scholarship. This held especially true for underrepresented students.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 21, 2023

The latest analysis compiled by the Higher Education Policy Institute shows that in 2023, 65 world leaders are graduates of US higher education institutions, a decline of two on last year’s figures. Many current world leaders have not had international education experiences.

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SRHE

JULY 12, 2024

While this may have led to a certain lack of interaction and integration initially ( Macfarlane, 2012 ; Tight, 2014 ), the trend towards interdisciplinary scholarship can bring these different perspectives together in creative ways. This suggests a more serendipitous and loose relationship between research and policy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

“This backdrop underscores the urgency of addressing key issues around opportunity, such as increasing college access, addressing college affordability, strengthening pathways to meaningful employment, and ensuring implementation fidelity for current higher education policies and initiatives,” says Jez. Dr. Fred A.

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