House Republicans’ bill would freeze Education Department hiring
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 16, 2023
Lawmakers characterize it as a first step in returning education policy decisions to the local and state levels.
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Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 16, 2023
Lawmakers characterize it as a first step in returning education policy decisions to the local and state levels.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 13, 2025
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Insight Into Diversity
MARCH 3, 2025
Department of Education has modified its previous directives on race in hiring, scholarships, student programs, and other educational policies. Since coming into power, the new administration has focused on enforcing conservative legal principles in education, particularly regarding race and gender policies.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 28, 2024
The issues closest to my heart—those that affect our students and education equity—are being largely ignored by the presidential candidates. Repeatedly, we call for “someone” to show us, through better education policy, that we are not forgotten.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 9, 2025
higher education outlook is not merely a financial tremor; it serves as a chilling echo of the cyclone that swept Dorothy into the tumultuous Land of Oza "tempest of uncertainty" driven by rapid policy shifts and financial pressures, threatening the very foundations of higher education. higher education.
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
With the National Education Policy , introduced in 2020, promoting transnational education to establish India as a global hub of education, efforts are being made to attract international universities to the South Asian country. The delegation actively discussed establishing an offshore JHU campus in India.”
The PIE News
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The capacity building for international officers program, developed under an MOU between the UK-based organisation and Maharashtra ‘s Department of Higher and Technical Education, is aimed at advancing the internationalisation of higher education institutions across the state.
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Tracking higher education policy in the UK has never been a simple undertaking. While some policy changes apply to universities across the country, the devolved nature of education means that most announcements made by the Department for Education tend only to apply to institutions in England.
HEPI
MARCH 29, 2025
More than eleven years later, we revisit his lecture to consider what lessons it holds for today’s higher education sector. John Denham, March 2025 RSA Lecture The Cost of Higher Education Good evening. But if I dont challenge at least some current assumptions about how we fund and deliver higher education I shall have failed.
HEPI
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Nick Hillman, HEPIs Director, takes a look at three thought-provoking books covering education that were published this year. Leave beats Remain 9:1, after Remainers offend the new sensibilities by portraying departing the EU as stupid. Meanwhile, Russia and China continue with smartist policies, strengthening their power.
SRHE
DECEMBER 19, 2024
As policies aim to balance domestic priorities with global integration, the interplay between China’s academic output and its international reception highlights critical challenges and opportunities. Meanwhile, Education and Political Science publications from China generally attract fewer citations compared to those from the U.S.,
Helix Education
AUGUST 28, 2024
As I said in my introduction, when I need to know about the latest developments in online education, I have come to rely on Phil’s research and analysis. Education Department regulations represent one of the greatest “headwinds” and sources of turbulence for institutions seeking growth through online expansion.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 24, 2024
Department of Education (ED) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) held the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit: Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services in Washington, D.C. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. On Wednesday, the U.S.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 8, 2024
Zamani-Gallaher has been named the Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. “I in educational organization and leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. in educational organization and leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 25, 2024
The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. The document's authors misrepresent the origins of progressive thought in education. Department of Education is deeply troubling.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 18, 2023
The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) and Results for America (RFA) released recommendations for the Department of Education (ED) to set-aside 0.5% of funds from certain Higher Education Act (HEA) programs within ED and put it towards supporting equity-focused work.
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 8, 2025
The Institute for Higher Education Policy, in partnership with the Association for Education Finance and Policy, is suing Education Secretary Linda McMahon for the cuts she has made to both the departments staff and its external contracts.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
LAS VEGAS-- Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. “If
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Does the possible sale of the University of Phoenix to a public university system signal the demise of the for-profit higher education sector that Phoenix once epitomized?
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 15, 2022
“Departments as such should avoid statements on what we call here ‘external’ matters (state, national, or international policy matters),” the guidelines say. Those in the department with dissenting views should be able to express them in the same forum, the guidance also says. Departments vs. Individuals.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Educators who train and prepare students to become teachers, gathered this weekend at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) to call attention to the ongoing challenges that face K-12 learning. Now, we’re not just polarized about policy but about each other,” she said.
Faculty Focus
JULY 14, 2024
The development of programs that not only meet the needs of working people but also guarantee their upward mobility through accessible, affordable routes is essential in the effort to improve the quality of education and assist different learners.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students.
HEPI
JUNE 19, 2023
I started my remarks then by noting the level of flux in higher education policy. But given we have had another three in the past year alone, along with five Secretaries of State for Education and three Prime Ministers, the period when I last spoke to you has retrospectively come to resemble a time of remarkable stability and calmness.
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
These discussions reaffirmed the unique position that institutions of higher education hold as connectors across geographical and cultural divides, as well as catalysts for positive global change. In such international forums, institutions of higher education actively contribute to a larger dialogue on global challenges.
HEPI
MAY 30, 2023
There is a long history of people getting their predictions about the future of technology, including the future of technology in education, wrong. Just ten years ago, in the words of Wired magazine, Sebastian Thrun declared that ‘ In 50 years … there will be only ten institutions in the world delivering higher education ’.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 30, 2024
Board of Education decision , it is crucial to reflect on its complex legacy, particularly its unintended negative impact on special education services for Black children. Board of Education was a landmark decision that sought to dismantle racial segregation in American public schools. Ellis The 1954 U.S.
Insight Into Diversity
MARCH 26, 2025
Recent developments in higher education policy and funding have significant implications for institutions nationwide. From proposed increases in state support to potential federal policy changes, these updates highlight the evolving landscape of higher education. sheeo.org) Massachusetts Proposes $2.5
University Business
MARCH 26, 2024
Institutions leveraging out-of-state online learning may face deeper state regulation constraints due to a proposal from the Department of Education. While experts concede how important it is to strengthen consumer protection, they also believe the Department’s attempt to strengthen state oversight is misguided.
IHEP
DECEMBER 12, 2024
This season presents opportunities to share gratitude for the Institute for Higher Education Policys hard-working team and engaged partners, celebrate our impact, and set sights on the year ahead. We will continue to bring rigorous research to bear on pressing issues within higher education. Its also a time for reflection.
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. Christopher M. Span Christopher M.
The PIE News
APRIL 10, 2024
The latest release of immigration risk ratings for international education providers in Australia has raised questions about the best approach to ensure the sustainability of the sector. The post Risk ratings could ‘damage’ long-term health of Aus education sector appeared first on The PIE News.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 9, 2024
AAUP officials said that while faculty members must retain the right to criticize or oppose institutional goals or the policies adopted to realize them, it is not “a violation of academic freedom per se when an appropriate larger group, such as a faculty senate or a department, collectively adopts an educational policy or goal and evaluates individual (..)
University Business
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Fewer teachers are entering the field, and for those who are currently in it, “it’s a wonder we have any,” said President of the National Education Association Becky Pringle. However, there are additional external factors that directly impact both K-12 schools and higher education. Call to action. So what can be done?
Faculty Focus
JULY 14, 2024
The development of programs that not only meet the needs of working people but also guarantee their upward mobility through accessible, affordable routes is essential in the effort to improve the quality of education and assist different learners.
HEPI
JULY 9, 2024
For higher education, a political affairs reset began long before the polls concluded. University policy briefings written, risks registered and manifestos and speeches scrutinised. The test for education will be does it redress imbalances and challenge injustice or does it embed it? That’s revealing. Media teams take note.
HEPI
JANUARY 24, 2024
Mathias Cormann, Secretary General of the OECD, on the value of higher education in developed countries. Never mind that the 50% target he refers to relates to tertiary education, I am certain he is not alone in believing that too many people go to university. In 1998, 20% of adults in the OECD had a tertiary education.
Higher Education Inquirer
APRIL 2, 2025
Activist San Diego, in collaboration with 50501 San Diego, will host a grassroots rally Tuesday, April 8, protesting the elimination of the Department of Education and the billions of dollars in lost funding that will negatively impact our parents, teachers, and educators. Public schools are a safe haven for families like mine.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 21, 2024
Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. From 2005 through 2012, she served as education policy analyst for the Florida Legislature. “Dr.
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Global Affairs Canada (GAC) is currently leading the development of Canada’s third International Education Strategy (IES) to follow the current strategy that expires on March 31 next year. GAC’s task is further complicated as the responsibility of education policy lies exclusively with the provinces.
HEPI
AUGUST 26, 2024
It’s taken me almost 20 years but, over the summer, I eventually got around to reading a book I’ve been wanting to read on higher education policy since I started working in the area over 15 years ago: University to Uni – The Politics of Higher Education since 1944 by Robert Stevens. They simply decline very slowly.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 3, 2024
Last week, Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Dr. Katharine Meyer, fellow in the Governance Studies program at the Brown Center on Education Policy at the nonprofit Brookings Institution. Jill Desjean, director of policy analysis at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Welton is chair of the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. And prior to that, she was a faculty member in the Department of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Welton holds a Ph.D.
University Business
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
A comprehensive report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) illustrates the resilience of America’s blue-collar region and describes how increased collaboration with higher education can ensure its survival. Rural towns in the U.S. Census Bureau data from 2015 to 2019.
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