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How Project 2025’s War on Higher Education Diversity Threatens Our Global Competitiveness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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Decolonizing Higher Education Syllabi: Beyond the Aesthetics of the Syllabus

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The purpose of the age-old course syllabus remains the same — a crucial document that sets the foundation for a course by providing students with essential information, outlining expectations, and serving as a reference point throughout the semester. Dr. Donna Y. Ford is a distinguished professor at The Ohio State University.

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BBC investigates alleged poor English “open secret” in UK unis

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Just last month, research from the Office for Students warned that 72% of higher education providers in England could be in deficit by 2025/26, and 40% would have fewer than 30 days’ liquidity. The UK’s universities have a reputation for world-class standards and want to keep it that way. “How has this situation arisen?

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UKCISA calls for more evidence-informed policies

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“[Future strategy] must be developed across all relevant departments, including the Home Office” Working rights for international students in higher education should be standardised at 20 hours per week during their studies, the document added. .

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New funding models explored as UK HEIs “running out of road”

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Stakeholders in UK higher education are exploring a range of potential funding models for undergraduate education, against a backdrop of financial sustainability concerns, course cuts and redundancies for higher education institutions. “Higher education institutions across the UK are under financial strain.

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Gaps in sustainability literacy in non-STEM higher education programmes

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by Erika Kalocsányiová and Rania Hassan Promoting sustainability literacy in higher education is crucial for deepening students’ pro-environmental behaviour and mindset ( Buckler & Creech, 2014 ; UNESCO, 1997 ), while also fostering social transformation by embedding sustainability at the core of the student experience.

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India aims for 500,000 foreign students by 2047

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It comes as the NITI Aayog ’s CEO, BVR Subrahmanyam, announced at the annual FICCI Higher Education Summit that the think tank was preparing a “vision document”, which will help achieve the numbers. “One The NEP 2020 is dedicated to establishing India as a leading global hub for education.

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