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Lunchtime Reading: Communicating the value of higher education to government in a new political era

HEPI

For higher education, a political affairs reset began long before the polls concluded. University policy briefings written, risks registered and manifestos and speeches scrutinised. The test for education will be does it redress imbalances and challenge injustice or does it embed it? That’s revealing.

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A Premier League success story? Why global higher education is critical to our diverse local economies and communities in the UK

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Paul Angrave , Associate Director of Public Affairs at the University of Leicester. Few would argue with the statements above, least not me as those who know me would testify, but the same could be said of UK higher education. billion a year. billion in global TV exports.

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Why it’s always time to speak up for international students

The PIE News

International students were and are deeply involved in their communities for good, and home students felt their education and lives enriched by connections with peers from around the world. A reduction in public funding has meant international students are the unseen funders of British higher education.

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Griffin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. Griffin, associate professor of higher education and student affairs at the University of Maryland “Our country is diversifying quickly,” she said. These obstacles include everything from discriminatory funding of public schools to personal biases.

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Why not HE? The reasons those from under-represented backgrounds decide against university

SRHE

Efforts to widen higher education access have tended to focus on the provision of information and supportto those from under-represented backgrounds. Those planning on employmenttalked about the appeal of ‘getting a job’ and wanting to leave full-time education behind. by Neil Raven. The follow-up focused on two further subject areas.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Image: When the Taliban banned women from pursuing higher education, they did not simultaneously extinguish half their citizens’ educational ambitions. The New England Commission of Higher Education] is getting more comfortable with pilots, for examples.”

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What is Higher Ed Community Looking for in State of the Union Address?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But the world of higher education will be listening carefully for what Biden may say about the many issues America’s colleges and universities are facing, several of which have assumed national prominence in recent months. “The Wong also said calls to make investments to keep American higher education No.

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