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How did it come to pass that universities in England could borrow money without restrictions?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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Enrollment data for the first law school class since the Supreme Court struck down the affirmative action in college admissions was released last December, and Dr. Sari Kisilevsky there was much concern about sharp declines in admission of Black and Hispanic students to elite law schools. 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 brie

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Jim Dickinson reviews what's about to happen with the great boomer wealth transfer - and why it will destroy the social mobility power of HE Jim Dickinson reviews what's about to happen with the great boomer wealth transfer - and why it will destroy the social mobility power of HE

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By Richard Brabner, Executive chair of the UPP Foundation and Director of ESG at UPP. 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. To coincide with the podcast, Richard has penned a review of James Timpsons book, The Happy Index: Lessons in Upside-Down Management.

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Collaboration efforts risk putting higher education institutions on the wrong side of the law.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Eighteen students crammed themselves into a stuffy classroom assigned for my first-year seminar course on a sunny day in September. With desk tops touching and knapsacks piled high, we maneuvered through introductions and the kind of icebreakers that research indicates can strengthen learning outcomes. At one point, I asked these college newcomers to share academic and career aspirations.

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Eighteen students crammed themselves into a stuffy classroom assigned for my first-year seminar course on a sunny day in September. With desk tops touching and knapsacks piled high, we maneuvered through introductions and the kind of icebreakers that research indicates can strengthen learning outcomes. At one point, I asked these college newcomers to share academic and career aspirations.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Congratulations to our GSNP CoP scholarship recipients! The Graduate Students and New Professionals Community of Practice is passionate about getting folks involved with ACPA, and these scholarships do just that! The post GSNP Scholarship Recipients first appeared on ACPA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The University of South Florida's first alumna president, Rhea Law, announced Monday her plans to step down from her leadership role, marking the end of a Rhea Law transformative period that saw the institution achieve several major milestones including membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU). Law, who has served as president since March 2022, will remain in her position until a national search identifies her successor.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2025

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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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FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Last May, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Board of Governors voted to eliminate all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices. At the Dean Raul Reis states flagship, UNC Chapel Hill, cut at least 20 positions and reassigned nearly 30 more, resulting in around $5.4 million in spending cuts. The move aligned Chapel Hill with other public universities in states with Republican-controlled legislatures such as the University of Florida that have similarly banned diversity spendi

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FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Congratulations to our GSNP CoP scholarship recipients! The Graduate Students and New Professionals Community of Practice is passionate about getting folks involved with ACPA, and these scholarships do just that! The post GSNP Scholarship Recipients first appeared on ACPA.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Readers respond to an editorial on the dire state of higher education funding Your editorial on the university funding crisis ( 11 February ) rang painfully true from inside a crumbling old campus building opposite a shiny but soulless new campus expansion. We have known this crisis was coming for years. While staff numbers have been cut in administration and teaching, and funding available to staff and postgraduate researchers reduced, class sizes have simultaneously exploded and campus experie

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The world is facing multiple crises simultaneously: Climate change, the rise of authoritarian movements, and the exploitation of labor from the Global South, among others. Professor of philosophy and politics at the New School, Nancy Fraser, says "it cant be a coincidence" - at the root of it all is capitalism.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Exclusive: Vice-chancellors say Office for Students plans for next five years will financially harm smaller institutions University leaders have urged Englands higher education regulator to rethink its priorities, saying that smaller institutions will be financially harmed by increasing costs of its bureaucracy. The Office for Students (OfS) already charges smaller institutions such as the Royal College of Music up to 20 times more for each student in registration fees than it charges larger uni

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FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The U.S. Department of Education has issued a sweeping directive ordering educational institutions to eliminate race-based considerations from admissions, hiring, and other programs, sparking immediate opposition from civil rights organizations, educational leaders, and advocacy groups. In a Dear Colleague Letter to schools receiving federal funding, the Department mandated the cessation of race preferences in areas ranging from admissions and hiring to scholarships and disciplinary actions.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2025

CBS News this week got a first-hand look at El Salvador's notorious Center for the Confinement of Terrorism, a prison that could soon house deportees (and possibly US citizens) from the U.S. The Trump Administration is working on a deal even if it violates human rights. The images are disturbing. Esta semana, CBS News pudo ver de primera mano el notorio Centro para el Confinamiento del Terrorismo de El Salvador, una prisin que pronto podra albergar a deportados (y posiblemente ciudadanos estadou

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