The Guardian - Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Astrophoria programme aims to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds fulfil their potential When Jessica Neate told her friends in Leicester that she was going to study at Oxford University, they didn’t believe her. Continue reading.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In 2021, Harvard University handed out 39 bachelor’s degrees in English language and literature, 118 in history, and 22 in philosophy. history survey) without discussion labs or supplemental instruction sessions, that have outsize DFW rates. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and NCAA President Charlie Baker At the North American Society fror Sports History conference last weekend, the topic was front and center. DeSantis is now running for President of The United States of America.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

history, Tufts University; M.A., Amid the global economic crisis in 2008, Mark says he worried what he would do with his undergraduate degree in history from Tufts University. international affairs, The New School; and Ph.D., political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Pakistan is home to one of the largest number of English speakers in the world, owing to its colonial history and vast population. But such a development has its own disadvantages as Pakistan deals with cases of fraud involving study abroad firms. However, this does not always translate to proficiency in the language.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2024

history, Tufts University; M.A., Amid the global economic crisis in 2008, Mark says he worried what he would do with his undergraduate degree in history from Tufts University. international affairs, The New School; and Ph.D., political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

We do however have concerns about regional access to key courses, especially for disadvantaged students, in areas like East Anglia where there are few universities within easy commuter distance. We believe that the UK higher education sector is at a perilous point in its history.

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HEPI

JUNE 7, 2023

Another approach would be to accept grade changes for only the ‘fuzziest’ subjects (such as English and History). And there is plenty of evidence that institutions work hard to overcome such disadvantages. For example, simply consider grades plus one for a defined list of subjects, or all subjects except STEM.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2023

But they sharply diverge on what parts of history are relevant and what remedies are needed to create a healthy democracy with opportunity for all. To the dissenters, our current reality only comes into focus in light of this history. Now is not the time for higher education to walk back this progress.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

The arrival of consumer-grade AI tools into higher ed space has been swift and “immediate” like few other things in history have been, said panelist Dr. C. He suggested oral exams and class conversations as possible solutions but pointed out that they may disadvantage smart students who don’t excel in such activities.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 13, 2024

This week, a student who planned to apply for History came to me in some distress after a meeting with their History teacher to review their Personal Statement. The teacher had noted that most of the draft was actually about Politics and discussed with the student where their academic interests really lay.

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HEPI

MARCH 7, 2023

I left my job teaching History in schools because I was attracted by the taught Master’s course in Contemporary British History that was on offer here back then. Some of you may know his books about the history of the Conservative Party and Churchill , or his books about films like the Dam Busters and Anglo-German relations.

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The PIE News

APRIL 18, 2024

The student writing in the Princetonian said the “open-endedness” of the humanities degree by itself is “precisely what disadvantages international students in the practical reality of the job search process”.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 29, 2022

As a result of our ongoing efforts, 30 percent of our incoming first-year class identifies as students of color and we believe our overall diversity this fall will be at an all-time high, along with the most faculty and staff of color in our history as well.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2023

Dr. Anthony Carnevale, director of the CEW “We decided to disconnect affirmative action from America’s vulgar and violent racial history,” said Dr. Anthony P. Race-conscious admissions were now only allowed for the achievement of the educational benefits of diversity. Carnevale, director of the CEW. “It

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HEPI

JANUARY 9, 2023

For a city that was once the richest in the UK and the second richest in Europe, and which had seen settlement by different people since pre-Roman times, Leicester has a history that is as economically rich as it is ethnically diverse. It continues to flourish, promoting social justice and transforming lives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Kevon Chisolm, a Virginia-based attorney, has crafted an Afro-centric program called the Junior Wallstreeters, a nonprofit orgranization that provides financial literacy products and services to historically disadvantaged communities.

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The PIE News

APRIL 11, 2023

We’re at a particularly pivotal moment in history where we need thoughtful, interculturally effective, empathetic global citizens more than ever. Our consortium of 250+ colleges and universities and more than 200,000 alumni since our founding in 1950 are testimony that study abroad is a powerful, meaningful experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

It is precisely because of our history of racial discrimination that factors such as family wealth and neighborhood environment will disproportionately benefit Black and Hispanic applicants.” Programs like Landscape and the Davis Scale have been developed across the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Kelman, chair of the Stanford task force and Jim Joseph Professor of Education and Jewish Studies, sees Stanford’s deep dive into its history on admissions as a part of this broader movement. “Everybody is taking a good, hard look at their own history,” he said. Examining the Past.

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University Business

OCTOBER 15, 2024

These tribal colleges and universities were intended to serve students who’d been disadvantaged by the nation’s history of violence and racism toward Native Americans, including efforts to eradicate their languages and cultures. In the 1970s, Congress committed to funding a higher education system controlled by Indigenous communities.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A professor of Chicano/Latino studies and history at the University of California, Irvine, Anita was a high school teacher at 23, then a K-12 school director of curriculum and assessment, a freelance journalist and a migrant rights activist, before earning her Ph.D. We need it desperately, both to be able to survive and to thrive.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In a recent opinion essay in The New York Times , Molly Worthen, a University of North Carolina professor of religious and intellectual history, follows up an earlier defense of lectures (“Lecture Me, Really”) and the study of the Great Books (“Can I Go to Great Books Boot Camp?”), Here, I must firmly disagree.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2023

For most of its 50-year history, the Pell Grant has not covered summer classes, with two brief exceptions: 2009-2011 and 2017 to the present. Summer Pell seems to offer particular help to disadvantaged groups. Availability of summer Pell increased Black summer enrollment by over three percentage points and led to a 1.3-point

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

More seriously, I’m angered by the audacious and obnoxious claim that these campuses need donors’ and foundations’ money more than institutions that serve much larger population of socioeconomically disadvantaged students. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

” That bit of history wasn’t helpful to newbies.) But failing to notice the history doesn’t make it, or its effects, go away. The focus that year was American history, and we were focusing on the Supreme Court and various civil rights cases. Michael’s used to be.” That piece is below.

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The PIE News

JULY 4, 2023

Higher education leaders are calling for a science and research “rebalance” to supercharge global scholarship and create a research ecosystem that doesn’t disadvantage Africa and the Global South. “In this way, Africa’s agency will be fully recognised, reinforced and protected for achieving the envisioned Afrofutures.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Through intentional outreach to applicants, dedicated pathway programs, partnerships, curriculum, and programs specifically built to serve underserved populations, and a focus on regionality and socio-economic histories, UC Davis has become one of the most diverse medical school programs in the nation.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The status quo will continue to disadvantage students we’ve historically disadvantaged in higher education.” “We’re sitting at the epicenter of the largest destructive fires in United States history, and they’re all around our county and centered around where we live,” he said.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Data describing the institutions from which faculty members receive doctoral degrees can also inform understanding of (the lack of) diversity of perspectives and the potential advantages and disadvantages that different faculty members have.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It marked the first time in the test’s 53-year history that fourth grade math scores have gone down. He proposed that colleges and universities partner with K-12 systems to help improve student performance and increase college access for economically disadvantaged students so that learning loss is the only barrier they have to overcome.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Designed to be an immersive academic and professional experience that “emphasizes learning through doing,” eligible candidates include those who are first-generation students, come from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds, or have attended a Minority-Serving Institution.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 12, 2023

Neem, professor of history, Western Washington University. Prepare student writers to consider the benefits and disadvantages of these tools in the context of specific writing purposes. Draw attention to the virtues of human-written prose and prompt students to reflect on how their own cognitive processes surpass AI.

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WCET Frontiers

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

What are the benefits and disadvantages of the current incentive compensation exception for bundled services for institutions and students? They are specifically concerned about incentives for “revenue sharing” or “enrollment compensation,” such as paying contractors on a sliding scale based on increased enrollments.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This blog explores how higher education institutions across the sector frame their aspirations and expectations for supporting Gypsy, Traveller, Roma, Showmen and Boater communities; groups acknowledged as the most disadvantaged in the UK education system.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

DVM Scholars supports underrepresented, rural, and disadvantaged students through scholarship assistance and structured retention activities throughout their four-year curriculum. CEAT also hosts community council partnership meetings to address the disparity of STEM education in low-income areas.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The result: a new student majority consisting of part-time students, commuting students, transfer students, working adults, family caregivers, students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and international students. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. It’s 1, 2, 3.

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