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An Apology for the Liberal Arts

HEPI

Here, she writes about US liberal arts degrees. What is the purpose of a university education? If nothing else, the common wisdom is clear about what a student should avoid: a course in the liberal arts. What job could a person possibly get with an Art History degree, for instance?

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Flexible Learning Pathways – a new HE or something else?

HEPI

This blog was kindly authored by John Brennan, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Research at the Open University and Visiting Professor at the University of Bath. Higher education is changing. And what do they get from their flexible higher education? Higher education is everywhere. And so is the student experience.

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Strikes disrupt undergraduate learning anew

Inside Higher Ed

One lawyer even threatened the university with a class action lawsuit brought by parents if classes didn’t resume soon, saying in an email forwarded to news media that, “Since it is the school that has received tuition payments for educational services this semester, it is the school that our clients will be holding accountable.”

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Can a ‘degree’ hold its value?

HEPI

Her article explores the evolving value of degrees in English higher education, focusing on the competence of degree-granting institutions and the implications of recent changes in degree-awarding powers. Degrees’ remain the highest of all the higher education qualifications and accreditations offered by English higher education providers.

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Debt Collective Erases Nearly $10M of Morehouse College Debt

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The no-strings gift, which eliminates 2,777 accounts for the Fall 2022 term and prior, will enable thousands of Black men to receive their diplomas, access their transcript, pursue further education and move on with their lives, said organizers. The Debt Collective have called on the Biden administration to cancel all student debt.