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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There’s literally a dozen different inflection points along that path to becoming a professor, obstacles that require early interventions that won’t show any results for a long time,” said Dr. Seth Gershenson, a professor of public policy at American University’s School of Public Affairs.

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

The PIE News

We needed to stand up to policy debates and the ethos that underpinned them. 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. Gathering that evidence became a bigger project. Now I know different.

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Bridging the innovation gap: how universities outside Mayoral Combined Authorities can bridge the innovation gap and make the case for investment based on need

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Paul Angrave, Director of Public Affairs and Engagement and William Wells, Deputy Director of Research & Enterprise at the University of Leicester. This blog is part of series of HEPI publications marking twenty five years of devolution.

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

HEPI

With it, something else begins — the long hard work of government shaped by morning-after fiscal realities, an inheritance of policy decisions that went before and brooding geopolitical weather systems which pay little heed to the triumphs and disasters of national political campaigns. It’s been a long wait. 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. International students are vital to higher education and the UK – they bring global perspectives, talent, and skills to every part of our country. billion a year.

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

SRHE

Higher Education Policy Institute Report 140, [link] , 17-23. Glass, GV and Worthen, BR (1972) ‘Educational evaluation and research: similarities and differences’, Curriculum Theory Network , 8/9: 149-165. Higher Education Policy Institute Report 140, [link]. in Natzler, M (ed) (2021) What is the student voice?

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

” Harnessing Bots Emily (not her real name) is an American who is saddled with student loan debt totaling six figures from associate and bachelor’s degrees at other institutions, according to Dan Kalmanson, vice president for public affairs at UoPeople. Some students need lower costs.