Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2023

For Dartmouth and Columbia, these are the first women presidents in their history, while Harvard welcomes its first African American president. Felecia Commodore, associate professor in the department of educational foundations and leadership at Old Dominion University. I wouldn’t exaggerate the moment,” said McCaughey.

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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.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The agreements raised questions, as the Times put it, “about whether promoting gambling on campus—especially to people who are at an age when they are vulnerable to developing gambling disorders—fits the mission of higher education. ” In addition to Michigan State University’s $8.4

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HEPI

JULY 9, 2024

International students bring £42 billion annually into the UK economy and cross-subsidise the research, education and skills the government needs if it is to stand a chance of addressing our multiple challenges. There aren’t many areas where the UK is, in that over-used phrase, world-leading, but education is one.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

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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HEPI

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The book brings together 55 different authors – including academics, a vice-chancellor and numerous education policy experts (such as Sam Freedman, Lord Lucas, Jonathan Simons , Ann Mroz and Tom Richmond). 511-531 The post Just what is the state of private education in 2023? By Nick Hillman appeared first on HEPI.

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HEPI

JANUARY 30, 2023

On there, you will see a new blog entry by one of your own Professors, Paul Ashwin, Head of Department here for Educational Research. Back to the future I hope you will let me begin with some history. So universities are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.

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SRHE

AUGUST 22, 2024

But those of us fortunate enough to live in liberal societies – being, as the poet Douglas Dunn puts it, “on the pleasant side of history” – cannot be complacent: the institutional structures that we all-too-readily take for granted and which underpin pluralism and support our freedoms are, we have seen recently, desperately fragile.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 18, 2023

His advisor in the program, Kayla Johnson, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation, says Cummings is the “epitome of a champion.” Improving education, specifically for marginalized students, is his passion. We are poised to make our impact in DEI,” Cummings says.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Government enforcement sits uncomfortably with the autonomy of higher education providers insisted on by the 2017 Higher Education and Research Act. Unpaid loans are written off against the Department for Education’s balance sheet’. 2 (5) which prevents intrusion on teaching and research.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The current Framework document between the Department for Education and the Office for Students is dated January 2023. The drawbacks of this policy change are now apparent. SRHE member GR Evans is Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History in the University of Cambridge. Bloomsbury Institute Ltd.

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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 know from history that during recessions, enrollment goes up, right?

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 12, 2023

It ensures that the curriculum can be modified or adjusted based on feedback, emerging research, or changes in educational policies. Continuous Improvement - Curriculum development facilitates ongoing evaluation and improvement of educational programs.

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SRHE

JULY 20, 2022

There were other overshoots: in History, Cambridge submitted 170%, Oxford 120%, perhaps linked to college staff not based in a department. They noted concentrations of high quality work in history and philosophy in some smaller submissions. All those in the last two groups are post-92 designations.

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HEPI

APRIL 14, 2024

Those who knew Tony well won’t be surprised to hear of the quality of his work because he was also a keen historian, authoring books on The Purchase System in the British Army and The Last Crusade (on the war in Palestine, 1914-1918) as well as producing an Encyclopaedia of Naval History covering the sixteenth century to current times.

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HEPI

JANUARY 24, 2024

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. It is an argument I have heard many times throughout the two decades that I have worked in higher education policy and politics. Our job must be to examine the evidence.

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University Business

JULY 6, 2023

Across the country, new education policies took effect on July 1st, the beginning of the new fiscal year in most states. A handful of them tackle some of the most pressing issues K12 and higher education leaders face today, including school safety and inclusion.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

McCann: You certainly see it in the history around the policy, if not, in the Higher Education Act itself. You can read back at why the Pell Grant was created, why the student loan program was created, and see that the policy makers’ intent was for those dollars help students go to college.

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SRHE

MARCH 14, 2023

Varsity has recently reported the vandalising of the front door of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology by an activist group ‘citing the department’s ties to fossil fuel funding’ and alleging ““lobbying” by the department to delay a motion to stop the University receiving funding from fossil fuel companies”.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This policy is most prevalent among selective private nonprofit institutions, of which 42% incorporate legacy status into their admission decisions, according to a recent report from the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP). In addition to ending legacy admissions, the MERIT Act would require the U.S.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 5, 2023

These prominent leaders say it’s essential to break down silos in higher education across departments, disciplines, and institutions to create unified coalitions of political influence and align leadership as one voice.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 11, 2023

In the executive branch, the Department of Education will begin the process to develop a number of regulatory reforms , including regulations on distance education, student loan servicing, accreditation and other matters affecting higher education institutions. What are some of the key takeaways for leaders in higher ed?

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The PIE News

APRIL 30, 2023

Instead, US immigration policy enacted more than a half-century ago requires that their intent should be to depart immediately upon graduation. The opportunity costs of outdated policy are also evident when we look at the significant contributions of those who have managed to overcome barriers to remain in the US.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

So history cannot repeat itself here, or people will be doomed to failure as to the goals of CHIPS and Science legislation.” Under the bill, colleges would have to provide data to the Department of Education regarding student enrollment, persistence, transfer and completion measures for all programs and degree levels.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Dr. Robert Kelchen, professor and head of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, says the administration will likely reintroduce the rule in 2024 using a negotiated rulemaking process. The attacks on Black stories, authors, and history will be met with resistance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

But they also agree that everyone involved at an institution, from board of trustee members to the students, have a role to play and the power to protect educational goals and aspirations. Trump has promised to dismantle the entire Department of Education. They urged stakeholders to stay as invested and involved as possible.

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