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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College students have been shown to be likelier to pass courses with race-matched instructors, likelier to receive higher grades in those courses, and likelier to persist in school. Seth Gershenson, a professor of public policy at American University’s School of Public Affairs.

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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

It means meeting industry and health editors as often as those who follow the ups and down of education policy — opening the books on the struggle to make a difference. ‘ The sunlight of hope ’ For a sector facing cut after cut and all that goes with that, it’s hard to talk about hope. Didn’t expect to see us here?

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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. Why do we have minds if we can’t even go to school?

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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. Widening participation in higher education , [link]. Higher Education Policy Institute Report 140, [link].

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Election Results Could Bring About Higher Ed Reforms

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A shift in control of either or both houses of Congress would mean changes for national education policy. Kenneth Wong, a professor of Education Policy and Political Science at Brown University’s Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs. Congress controls the purse, right?

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money. Public Affairs. Native American Higher Education in the United States. The Education Trap: Schools and the Remaking of Inequality in Boston. The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America.

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