The PIE News
MARCH 25, 2025
My recent article in The PIE News posed a critical question: is international student recruitment really worth it , especially when more than a quarter of UK universities earn less per international student after scholarships and discounts, but before direct recruitment costs than the maximum domestic tuition fee cap universities in England are allowed to charge?
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 27, 2025
Raising retention and attendance rates, and accommodating diverse student bodies, could take on existential importance as the number of traditional-age students falls.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 27, 2025
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) play a vital role in advancing educational opportunities for Latine students across the United States. As their numbers have surged to over 600 institutions, representing 20% of all colleges and universities nationwide, HSIs now enroll and advise two-thirds of all Latino undergraduates. This significant responsibility has prompted researchers to examine how these institutions prepare academic advisors to effectively serve their diverse student populations.
Wonkhe
MARCH 25, 2025
The Office for Students has published its investigation into the university that employed Kathleen Stock.
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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
The PIE News
MARCH 27, 2025
While the UK remains the largest English language teaching (ELT) destination by student numbers, the sector is forecasting another year of flat if not declining enrolment, with schools urged to collaborate and focus on the experiences offered to students. We need to change what we do, and we cant just be English language, ES London director Niel Pama told delegates of The PIE Live Europe.
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 24, 2025
The plaintiffs allege that the executive branch has exceeded its constitutional authority and violated law after the president’s order to wind the agency down.
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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
MARCH 24, 2025
Artificial intelligence-driven tutors, which generally provide answers to objective questions, have demonstrated the ability to boost academic performance. For example, in a study led by Harvard University lecturers, physics students who used AI tutors learned more than twice as much in less time than other students. Elsewhere, faculty members at colleges and universities have already made creative and dynamic use of generative AI at part of their curriculum.
The Guardian - Higher Education
MARCH 26, 2025
Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become fascist dictatorship A Yale professor who studies fascism is leaving the US to work at a Canadian university because of the current US political climate, which he worries is putting the US at risk of becoming a fascist dictatorship. Jason Stanley, who wrote the 2018 book How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, has accepted a position at the University of Torontos Munk School of Global Affairs and
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 27, 2025
The American Federation of Teachers sued the agency this month for blocking access to the congressionally mandated repayment options.
The PIE News
MARCH 25, 2025
Bell recently spoke at The PIE Live Europe 2025, where he asserted that international students will stay in UK net migration figures , regardless of what the government’s policy on immigration might be. Now the MAC chair is back again with more no-nonsense responses as he answers more of your questions on immigration. Q: Is there a country with an immigration system you admire?
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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.
Faculty Focus
MARCH 27, 2025
Every semester, a student hoping to “earn their desired grade” approaches me at the last minute, asking to make up all their missed assignments. I have a standard missed due date policy, 1) let me know (communication) and 2) get it done in a week (extended deadline). The students requesting to stockpile assignments at the end of the semester usually had not completed the assignment at all or had not completed the assignment even with an extended deadline.
The Guardian - Higher Education
MARCH 26, 2025
Regulator accused of perpetuating culture wars after case of Kathleen Stock, who was targeted for views on gender Englands university regulator has been accused of perpetuating the culture wars after fining the University of Sussex a record 585,000 at the conclusion of an investigation into freedom of speech on campus. It marks the end of a three-and-a-half year investigation into the universitys handling of the case of Kathleen Stock, a philosophy professor who resigned after being targeted by
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 25, 2025
The financial value of 4,600 colleges has been updated in a database from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.
University Business
MARCH 27, 2025
Black students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are flourishing mentally at higher rates than their peers nationwide, according to a new UNCF report that also reveals significant gaps in mental health resources. The report, Flourishing: Bolstering the Mental Health of Students at HBCUs and PBIs, was conducted in partnership with UNCFs Institute for Capacity Building, the Healthy Minds Network and The Steve Fund.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 27, 2025
To get to the office of Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr. the world-renowned theoretical physicist credited with pioneering a concept known as supersymmetry you have to walk through an anterior conference room on the first floor of the John S. Toll Physics Building at the University of Maryland. The walls are bedecked with a dozen or so framed color images of Adinkras.
The Guardian - Higher Education
MARCH 27, 2025
Vice-chancellor Sasha Roseneil accuses Office for Students of seeking to persecute rather than solve problems The University of Sussex is taking legal action to overturn a record fine levied by Englands higher education regulator, accusing the regulator of seeking to persecute it rather than solve problems. This week the Office for Students (OfS) said it would fine Sussex 585,000 for two historic breaches of its regulations related to freedom of speech and governance.
Insight Into Diversity
MARCH 25, 2025
Family businesses contend with unique challenges, including decisions about who will take over the business one day. The stress of succession planning, generational dynamics, and reconciling personal relationships with professional responsibilities can significantly strain operations. The Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nevada, Reno (UN Reno) has developed a new program providing tailored support to help family businesses strategize for future success.
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 24, 2025
The Making Mentors program empowers college students with autism to provide representation for and build community with high school mentees.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 28, 2025
Latino students are making pragmatic financial choices to pay for their education, and institutions are increasingly responding with tailored support, according to a comprehensive new report released today by Excelencia in Education. The report, "How Latinos Pay for College: 2025 National Trends," builds on two decades of research and reveals that while Latino students demonstrate high financial need, they are employing effective cost-saving measures to make higher education affordable.
HEM (Higher Education Marketing)
MARCH 26, 2025
Reading Time: 11 minutes Student retention is one of the most critical challenges faced by colleges and universities. While recruitment is essential to maintaining a thriving institution, keeping students engaged and enrolled until they complete their programs is just as vital. Why is that? High dropout rates can impact institutional reputation, funding, and overall student satisfaction.
The PIE News
MARCH 28, 2025
The PIE Live Europe, held between March 11-12 in central London, brought together leading figures in the international education sector. Delegates at the two-day conference heard key immigration updates , debated the future of the ELT sector and highlighted the value that international students bring to the UK. As the conference drew to a close, the winner of the event’s lifetime achievement award was revealed to be Nunzio Quacquarelli, who founded the global higher education and insights
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 28, 2025
The move shuttered the public flagship’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Office for Health Equity and Inclusion, effective immediately.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 27, 2025
Dr. Ted Mitchell A new report released by the American Council on Education (ACE) and the MSI Data Project at New York University reveals that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) play a crucial role in advancing economic mobility for students of color, despite operating with limited resources.
University Business
MARCH 25, 2025
More than 2,500 universities are currently marketing online programs, so your higher ed institution needs an integrated marketing approach to differentiate your coursesensuring you reach and captivate more students at all stages of their enrollment journey. In this 17-page guide, discover key marketing strategies to stand out among the competition as well as to connect with and attract the right students.
The PIE News
MARCH 26, 2025
As of early April, the Skilled Worker visa once a key route for addressing post-pandemic labour shortages, particularly in care work, and one of several pathways for international graduates to stay and work in the UK now requires Care industry recruiters to prove they have attempted to hire workers based in England or recruit from overseas workers already in England before sponsoring overseas talent or those switching from alternative visa pathways.
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 24, 2025
Mentorship is an essential strategy that addresses key milestones and challenges in the student life cycle, propelling career-ready students directly into the workforce.
SRHE
MARCH 26, 2025
by Amir Shahsavari and Mohammad Eslahi This blog is based on research reported in Shahsavari, A, & Eslahi, M (2025) Dynamics of Imbalanced Higher Education Development: Analysing Factors and Policy Implications in Policy Reviews in Higher Education. Our study addresses the paradox of expanding higher education, particularly in Iran, failing to translate into substantial societal impact.
University Business
MARCH 25, 2025
American colleges and universities have received close to $60 billion in foreign gifts and contracts over a decades-long span, according to a new watchdog report. Americans for Public Trust, a right-leaning dark money watchdog, found the nearly $60 billion of foreign money has gone into hundreds of colleges and universities, with 10 elite schools raking in a third of the money, raising concerns about national security and a lack of compliance with disclosure laws.
The PIE News
MARCH 26, 2025
Welsh universities have called for the government to have a greater recognition of regional demographic variations across the UK, as well as the need for a national education champion to promote Wales on the global stage. The current Labour government has been very clear that it is place based and I think we have an opportunity to say that we want students who come and stay and who contribute and many would but the earning threshold for Wales doesnt work the way that it should, Rachael Langfo
The Guardian - Higher Education
MARCH 26, 2025
Universities UK say ruling may harm efforts to prevent harassment and hate speech on campus A landmark freedom of speech ruling against the University of Sussex that resulted in a fine in excess of half a million pounds, has prompted fears other institutions could face investigation and even bigger penalties. The record 585,000 fine , the biggest ever issued by the higher education regulator in England, was issued after an investigation into the universitys handling of the case of the philosophy
Wonkhe
MARCH 24, 2025
Scottish Funding Council deputy director of assurance and outcomes Elizabeth Shevlin reflects on what can be learned from approaching policymaking as action-based research
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
MARCH 26, 2025
Universities have been cautious adopters of artificial intelligence. As they address data-management challenges while shoring up student retention and boosting enrollment, they need clear, well-organized data to avoid garbage in, garbage out, in which poor quality input leads to faulty data output. Nicole Muscanell, a researcher at EDUCAUSE, compares bad data in AI models with spoiled ingredients when cooking.
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 28, 2025
Pell Grant recipients at colleges with the largest endowments increased nearly 5 percentage points since 2007, per a recent Brookings Institution analysis.
University Business
MARCH 25, 2025
For nearly 60 years, the TRIO programs have been a cornerstone of educational opportunity in the United States. Originating from the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, TRIO programs have expanded access to higher education for over six million Americans, creating pathways from middle school to doctoral degrees. By serving low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities, TRIO has played a pivotal role in breaking cycles of poverty and opening new doors of opportunity.
Insight Into Diversity
MARCH 25, 2025
Racism casts a long shadow across generations, obscuring the path forward on some of societys most grave injustices. The Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) initiative, a multi-year effort of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), is facilitating conversations to confront the ongoing impacts of racism, community by community.
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