Wonkhe

JANUARY 29, 2024

Scotland's commissioner for fair access John McKendrick introduces his first annual report on access to university for socio-economically disadvantaged groups The post Recommendations for fair access in Scotland appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Disadvantaged University 231

HEPI

DECEMBER 20, 2023

He notes courses like Forensics, Accounting and Hotel Management are available in many such universities: ‘Plato around a seminar table this ain’t.’ Where do they think some of the best vocational education occurs if not on degree programmes in higher education institutions – whether that is a university, FE college or independent provider?

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HEPI

APRIL 3, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Keren Coney, Research and Knowledge Director at AGCAS and a Careers and Employability Consultant at Liverpool John Moores University, and Mark Allen, Careers Consultant at Imperial College London. which explores the destinations disabled graduates in the UK.

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MindMax

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Calling for “a new vision for college excellence,” Cardona championed equity, inclusivity, and upward mobility for disadvantaged demographics as new metrics for success to take the place of privilege, legacy, and selectivity.

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Liaison International

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Metro State University, which serves more than 10,000 students on several campuses in Minnesota, faced significant challenges in its application process, leading to inefficiencies and a lack of diversity in its applicant pool. This made it difficult for students to navigate the application process and for staff to manage it efficiently.

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Schooling University Disadvantaged Recruitment 87

The PIE News

MARCH 14, 2025

Canadas college sector has welcomed a recent policy change from the IRCC stating that graduates of college degree programs will now join university students in being exempted from PGWP field of study requirements announced in October 2024.

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Degree College Students Disadvantaged 102

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Jorge Silva-Puras, the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success at Lehman College, which is part of the City University of New York (CUNY), noted that the six-year completion rate at Lehman is around 51%. Over 80% of the student body at Lehman are individuals of color. whereas Lehman’s is 51.6%.

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College Community College Disadvantaged Provost 131

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The HBCU STEM US focuses on exploring and sharing the narratives of HBCUs through convergence research for our benefit and that of the nation, thereby chronicling the tradition of excellence in STEM education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Nelson Pham is a doctoral student at Howard University.

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Empower Inclusivity Disadvantaged Equity 104

HEPI

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Richard is a guest on today’s My Imaginary University podcast with Paul Greatrix , in which he cites James Timpson as one of the inspirations behind his imaginary university. When Governments talk about universities learning from the private sector it is the likes of Timpson they should be referring to.

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University Disadvantaged Recruitment Humanities 68

Higher Education Inquirer

MARCH 13, 2025

(Image: Mass General is Harvard University Medical School's teaching hospital.) For decades, Americas elite university medical centers have been the epitome of healthcare research and innovation, providing world-class treatment, education, and cutting-edge medical advancements.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In response to recent data showing a worrying financial outlook for higher education institutions, Professor David Maguire, Vice-Chancellor at the University of East Anglia (UEA), and Dr Alex Bols, Chief of Staff at UEA, argue more Government action is needed to make the sector financially sustainable.

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Higher Education Education Disadvantaged Model 141

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 16, 2023

It now coordinates classes from over a dozen colleges and universities, including Yale, Stanford, and Wharton, at over 100 high schools. Morehouse is the most recent addition to the program, which has included Howard University since 2020 and Spelman College since 2022. The Lab is looking to change that.

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Disadvantaged Equity College Provost 122

The PIE News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In a joint statement, the Regional Universities Network (RUN), Innovative Research Universities (IRU) and Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN) affirmed their commitment to working collaboratively with government on all sides of politics, and proposed a three-step approach to improve Australia’s international education system.

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Educational Systems Disadvantaged Equity Technology 111

HEPI

JANUARY 1, 2024

Methods and approach In seeking to contribute to the evidence base, I was commissioned to conduct a study into the educational ambitions and motivations of young, white British males from five areas of educational and economic disadvantage across the North West of England. The HE option also came with lifestyle and emotional costs.

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Disadvantaged Higher Education Education University 87

HEPI

DECEMBER 3, 2024

HEPI has been central to discussions on social mobility in higher education, especially through the English Social Mobility Index (ESMI) , created by Professor David Phoenix, Vice-Chancellor of London South Bank University. The 2024 version of the Index was published yesterday. Graduate salary outcomes are similar in both countries.

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Disadvantaged Retention Policy Higher Education 59

The Guardian - Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Education secretary Gillian Keegan will also squeeze funding for programmes to widen access to higher education Ministers will cut funding for performing and creative arts courses at English universities next year, which sector leaders say will further damage the country’s cultural industries. Continue reading.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

With most universities in major study destinations, especially the big four, mandating a 6.0-7.0 We are working with agents and universities to ensure students have access to the right information to support their journeys, the official, who didnt wish to be named, told The PIE.

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Insight Into Diversity

JUNE 1, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a grant initiative that will help the University of Hawaii at Manoa Cooperative Extension engage with farmers in their native languages and provide agriculture resources. The university also partnered with GoFarm Hawaii and the Oahu Agriculture and Conservation Association on the project.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The council is composed of representatives from historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Asian American, Native American, and Pacific Islander-serving institutions, all institutions of higher education serving groups who have been marginalized.

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Higher Education Education Inclusivity Technology 111

The Chronicle of Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

By Francie Diep The university makes similar arguments as its peers about how standardized-test requirements help disadvantaged applicants.

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Disadvantaged University 124

Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In the fall of 2014, Saint Louis University (SLU) became a focal point of the national conversation on racial injustice and police violence. The result was the creation of the Clock Tower Accords — a 13-point agreement aimed at addressing issues of racial inequality and promoting DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) at the university.

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Inclusivity Leadership Retention Disadvantaged 97

Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The University of Virginia School of Law is launching a new Education Rights Institute to enhance understanding, scholarship, and resources for K-20 schools and disadvantaged students. We’re the only wealthy nation that provides less funding to disadvantaged students.

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HEPI

MARCH 11, 2025

Meanwhile, apprenticeships have failed to be the hoped-for driver of social mobility for those who dont pursue university pathways. Given that employers recruit their apprentices and, unlike universities, they are not subject to any fair access requirements, opportunities have tended to follow traditional patterns of advantage.

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Engineering Recruitment Disadvantaged Administration 114

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The University of Dayton (UDayton) will launch a fellowship program to provide paid internships, mentoring, and professional development to underrepresented students from the Dayton region. The program will receive funding assistance from a three-year commitment from the Scarlet Feather Fund. . —

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The topline takeaway was the decline in the enrollment of Black students at Harvard , though other publication focused on the drop in Black and Hispanic students across the T14 or elite law schools , and a brief mention was made of declines at University of North Carolina Law School, another defendant in the Supreme Court case.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Furman University and 14 other institutions have collectively been awarded $8.625 million to improve inclusion for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Furman will receive $931,600 of the $8.625.

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Inclusivity Disadvantaged Retention Engineering 105

University Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Tens of thousands of Texas students enter college without the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in entry-level English and math, putting them at a disadvantage when it comes to graduating with a degree, state data shows. Here’s how they do once on campus appeared first on University Business. Read more at Houston Landing.

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Disadvantaged College Students Community College 52

HEPI

MARCH 5, 2024

UK universities have increasingly had to speak the language of ‘impact’, which has become another addition to the sector’s lexicon of buzzwords. but what is laid bare by the data in the report and the accompanying dashboard is that this strength is spread across university social science schools and departments in the whole of the UK.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The sheer number of international vice-chancellors touring the country illustrates the length of the queue at the University Grants Commission’s door. Just five years on from the New Education Policy (NEP) announcement , the rapid proliferation of global university brands in India is ramping up.

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Disadvantaged History University Grant Educational Policy 69

HEPI

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor Wendy Thomson CBE, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London. Starting university can be daunting. Providing a home at university for care experienced and estranged students create a solid foundation for experiencing all the great things higher education has to offer.

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Scholarship University Higher Education Disadvantaged 119

University Business

MARCH 25, 2025

Growing up in a household where college seemed out of reach, I enrolled in the Savannah State University Upward Bound program as a high school student. Ensuring that all disadvantaged students have equitable access to these programs is not just a matter of fairnessits an investment in the nation’s future. Department of Education.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Vice-chancellors say universities ‘essential to economic growth’ and that maintenance grants should be restored Ministers should aim for 70% of young people to continue their education after leaving school by 2040, while tuition fees in England should be increased, according to the leaders of UK’s universities. Continue reading.

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Disadvantaged Education University Schooling 72

HEPI

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Students’ perspectives on careers services and employment , a group of university careers service and mission group leaders, an Office for Students (OfS) representative and senior executives from Handshake gathered with colleagues from HEPI, for a roundtable to explore the implications of the report’s findings and practical next steps.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

To ensure less privileged students are not put off, a more progressive system for repayment of loans is also urgently needed England’s universities have reached an inflection point. She rightly recognises the economic value and social importance of our world-leading university sector. But universities must not be complacent.

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Disadvantaged University Students Schooling 82

University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Even more promising is the fact that this uptick in enrollment is mainly driven by students coming from economically disadvantaged groups. The post Community college students are returning to four-year institutions, up nearly 8% since last year appeared first on University Business. Transfer rate of learners aged 40 and older: up 11.8%

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Their critics are right about one thing: universities are reliant on overseas money. These courses do have considerably lower entry requirements – they’re intended for both international students and domestic ones from disadvantaged backgrounds, to prepare them for the actual degree courses.

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Disadvantaged University Students Policy 89

HEPI

MARCH 29, 2025

This lecture was originally delivered by the Rt Hon John Denham MP, former Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills in Gordon Brown’s Government. I want to change the terms of the debate, not present a detailed plan for university education. Across universities you hear the same story. Whats the problem?

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