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Labour’s education policy is brave, but can they fund it?

HEPI

Keir Starmer has committed Labour to five ambitious missions, of which the fifth is squarely focused on educational transformation. It’s a rallying call against inequality of opportunity and unfair access to education which prevents potential from being realised. But the commitment to early years makes exceptionally good sense.

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Experts Discuss Equity Practices in Higher Ed Recruitment and Admissions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Along that same line, experts spent the webinar discussing strategies and recent briefs on equitable admissions in higher ed, specifically on topics such as recruitment, legacy admissions, early action practices, test-optional and test-free policies, and holistic review of student applications.

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The lie of the land in higher education policy as the 2022/23 academic year draws to a close – By Nick Hillman

HEPI

I started my remarks then by noting the level of flux in higher education policy. But given we have had another three in the past year alone, along with five Secretaries of State for Education and three Prime Ministers, the period when I last spoke to you has retrospectively come to resemble a time of remarkable stability and calmness.

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US seeks to connect entry points to boost recruitment

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The other is “facilitating the connections between these entry points” AIRC president Derrick Alex said the recommendations encourage US institutions to “value and promote the enormous breadth of educational options” offer in the country.

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How Project 2025’s War on Higher Education Diversity Threatens Our Global Competitiveness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. The document's authors misrepresent the origins of progressive thought in education. Department of Education is deeply troubling.

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Educators Strategize on How to Diversify the K-12 Teaching Profession

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Educators who train and prepare students to become teachers, gathered this weekend at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) to call attention to the ongoing challenges that face K-12 learning. Now, we’re not just polarized about policy but about each other,” she said.

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AAUP Releases New DEI Statement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The statement rejects the claim that DEI criteria infringes on academic freedom by imposing political or ideological litmus tests concerning diversity and points out that decisions about the scope, design, and application of DEI criteria for faculty evaluation must rest primarily with the faculty as part of shared governance.

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