Sun.Apr 27, 2025

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Democracy lives in the daily life of our university

Wonkhe

Following two days with SUs visiting universities in Portugal, Jim Dickinson and team reflect on a sector tackling housing, brain drain, skills and student participation with ambition, urgency and an eye on both the past and the future

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Thinking about the support of Chinese students: a response to HEPI’s recent report

HEPI

In December 2024, HEPI and Uoffer Global published How can UK universities improve their strategies for tackling integration challenges among Chinese students? by Pippa Ebel. In this blog, academics at the Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester give their thoughts on the report. Beneath that, Pippa Ebel has provided her response.

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Latest from Belong – students’ health is not OK, and that’s not OK

Wonkhe

Jim Dickinson explores new polling that reveals a worsening picture of students' physical and mental health, undermining their academic success

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Building Connections and Shaping Futures by Fostering Cohort Success

Faculty Focus

Creating a sense of belonging is crucial to student success and persistence, especially for nontraditional, working students in online programs. Our professional science masters (PSM) in biotechnology degree is designed for working professionals, offering primarily online and evening courses that emphasize applied learning and professional development.

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Navigating Higher Ed’s Tech & Budget Crunch: Yes, You Can Survive

As Higher Ed institutions continue struggling with budget constraints and enrollment pressures, making smart decisions about technology is crucial. How do institutions enhance data security, optimize their tech stack and engage students effectively…all while managing limited resources? Bret Ingerman, former Vice President for Information Technology at Tallahassee State College, digs into these conundrums, exploring how Pathify offers solutions to enhance student engagement while giving instituti

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Redefining Student Success in Higher Education: Beyond Grades and Graduation Rates

Helix Education

Read the report The old scorecard for student success in higher education was simple: graduate on time with good grades. But in 2025, that definition feels as outdated as a flip phone. Today’s colleges and universities are wrestling with a more complex question: What does student success mean in an era where traditional 18-year-old first-year students are no longer the norm and when career paths look more like jungle gyms than ladders?

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A New Era of Accountability: The Case for Taxing Universities with Legacy Admissions.

Higher Education Inquirer

As debates around the fairness of college admissions continue to dominate headlines, a growing number of voices are calling for a fundamental change in how universities operateespecially when it comes to legacy admissions. Legacy admissions, a practice where children of alumni are given preferential treatment in the admissions process, have long been a controversial issue.

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Building Connections and Shaping Futures by Fostering Cohort Success

Faculty Focus

Creating a sense of belonging is crucial to student success and persistence, especially for nontraditional, working students in online programs. Our professional science masters (PSM) in biotechnology degree is designed for working professionals, offering primarily online and evening courses that emphasize applied learning and professional development.

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From Strategy to Spotlight: RNL Partner Campaigns Setting the Gold Standard 

Helix Education

Marketing messages bombard students from every direction, so capturing their attentionand inspiring them to take actionrequires creative that truly stands out. Thats exactly what the RNL creative team delivers, crafting award-winning campaigns that engage, resonate, and drive results across every channel, from digital to direct mail. We work closely with our campus partners to ensure every undergraduate and graduate campaign is both strategic and impactfulproven by the many gold award-winning pr

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Shireen Mahdavi Khazeni obituary

The Guardian - Higher Education

My mother, Shireen Mahdavi Khazeni, who has died aged 87, was an Iranian-born, British-educated intellectual who eventually settled in the US following the Islamic revolution. But she missed her home country. To nourish her longing, she undertook the study of Irans social history. In 1999 she earned her doctorate in Middle East history, jointly awarded by the University of Utah and London School of Economics (where she had completed her degree in the 1960s) under the supervision of Ernest Gellne

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The Great College Planning Dance

Helix Education

What’s Working in 2025 (From Both Sides of the Desk) Ever wonder if enrollment professionals and students actually speak the same language? Fresh data from RNL’s 2025 Marketing and Recruitment Practices for Undergraduate Students and the forthcoming 2025 E-Expectations reports reveal some fascinating alignments (and a few mismatches) between how we recruit and how students actually make decisions.

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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Hope as US universities find ‘backbone’ against Trump’s assault on education

The Guardian - Higher Education

Anxious Americans find solace as university leaders start to mount more muscular defense of academic freedom Americans anxious about their countrys slide into authoritarianism found some solace in the past week over what appears to be growing pushback by American universities against Donald Trump s assault on higher education. After a barrage of orders, demands and the freezing of billions in federal funds for research had elicited a mostly demure response from university leaders, some are start

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Unlock Your Enrollment Potential: Real Strategies for Real Results (We’re in This Together!)

Helix Education

Engaging students wherever they are is critical to enrollment success. With eight years of experience at Ruffalo Noel Levitz working with more than 100 campuses across the country and following more than two decades leading enrollment efforts on campus, I know firsthand the challenges you face in enrollment. And in todays environment it can feel like information overload on what you should be doing.

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"America, América": Greg Grandin on Latin American History, from Colonization to CECOT to Pope Francis (Democracy Now!)

Higher Education Inquirer

We spend the hour with acclaimed historian Greg Grandin discussing his new book, America, Amrica: A New History of the New World, which spans five centuries of North and South American history since the Spanish conquest, including the fight against fascism in the 1930s. He examines the U.S.-Latin American relationship under Trump, with a focus on El Salvador, Panama, Ecuador and Cuba.

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