Wonkhe

JULY 28, 2024

The new Chair of the Office for Students is promising action on student rights. Jim Dickinson wonders whether this will be the latest of the regulator’s broken promises The post This time OfS needs to keep its promise on broken promises appeared first on Wonkhe.

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HEPI

JULY 28, 2024

A 25-year journey It is decades since I last read quite so many words by Sam Freedman. But over 25 years ago, I had the privilege of being his GCSE History teacher. In recent years, Sam has made his name as a political commentator and he has now written his first book, Failed State: Why nothing works and how to fix it. Teaching teenage Sam was a tricky job because of his curious mind (and also because I was the youngest teacher at his expensive and prestigious London boys’ school).

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Wonkhe

JULY 28, 2024

Alison Johns and Debbie McVitty introduce new insight from Advance HE and Wonkhe about what it takes to lead change in higher education when the environment is tough The post Trust is paramount when leading strategic change in challenging times appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JULY 28, 2024

Jonny Clothier was refused graduation at Bristol University over unpaid bill relating to flatmate’s bird A man who was denied his graduation for 41 years because of an unpaid bill of £64.80 relating to a parrot has finally donned his cap and gown on the same day as his son. Jonny Clothier studied architecture at the University of Bristol and was meant to graduate with his peers in 1983.

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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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Higher Education Inquirer

JULY 28, 2024

Part one of a two-part virtual discussion about the new book Contingent Faculty and the Remaking of Higher Education: A Labor History (2024). These sessions are sponsored by Higher Education Labor United (HELU) , Center for the Study of Academic Labor (CSAL) , and the Contingent & Community College Faculty and Independent Scholars Committee of the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA).

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Continuous Learning Institute

JULY 28, 2024

( A. Solano ) It’s critical that educators understand the difference between “equity impact” and “equity intentionality” and why community colleges and broad access institutions need both approaches. Successful institutional equity initiatives are grounded in clarity—relentless clarity—and quality implementation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 28, 2024

In Baltimore, the Henry Highland Garnet Elementary School is a significant part of the city and the nation’s history. Located in the heart of Baltimore’s Black culture, it is where many of the city’s Black leaders, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, began their education. Although the school was closed in the early 1970s and fell into disrepair through neglect and was nearly destroyed by a fire, it was saved and recently reopened as a community hub thanks to alumni and publi

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