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India issues draft rules for foreign university branches

Inside Higher Ed

The criteria, which were expected to be finalized later this month following consultation, clarify the rules for international universities setting up Indian campuses, a shift first announced in the 2020 National Education Policy (NEP). “Many foreign universities are operating in countries like China, U.A.E.,

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How will technology change education in the future?

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There is a long history of people getting their predictions about the future of technology, including the future of technology in education, wrong. Just ten years ago, in the words of Wired magazine, Sebastian Thrun declared that ‘ In 50 years … there will be only ten institutions in the world delivering higher education ’.

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Brown faculty votes to restrict P&T committee to full profs

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Several faculty critics of Brown’s plan directed requests for comment to Ken Wong, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair for Education Policy and chair of Brown’s Faculty Executive Committee. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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As microcredentials boom, employers' hiring platforms fumble

Inside Higher Ed

“There’s valuable educational and skill information hiding in plain sight with regard to some of these candidates,” said Sean Gallagher, executive professor of educational policy at Northeastern University and a co-author of the study. “Why do these systems not call for more detailed information?

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U.S. issues final regs for 90-10 rule, Pell Grant for prisoners

Inside Higher Ed

“We can celebrate today as the day that the loophole was finally closed,” said Barmak Nassirian, vice president of higher education policy for Veterans Education Success, which helped lead the effort to rally public support for the change. Image Source: MivPiv/iStock/Getty Images Plus Image Caption: U.S.

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New study explores why people drop out or don't enroll

Inside Higher Ed

” Martin Van Der Werf, director of editorial and educational policy at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, said most potential students today are likely thinking about college this way. Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Arizona State turns to YouTube to reach learners on the margins

Inside Higher Ed

Crash Course, an educational YouTube channel with more than 14 million subscribers, once prompted Wired magazine to ask, “ Why isn’t school this cool? But Americans comprise only a fraction of the audience, as more than 80 percent of YouTubers hail from outside the United States. million subscribers.

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