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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. He will do the same as provost at Western Michigan University.” history.

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English universities need tuition fees of £12,500 to break even, analysis finds

The Guardian - Higher Education

Universities UK likely to recommend smaller increase as institutions struggle with deepening financial crisis Tuition fees in England would need to rise to £12,500 a year to break even, according to analysis presented to vice-chancellors, amid warnings of the deepening financial crisis facing universities. Continue reading.

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England’s universities still waiting for help to stop slow-motion financial crisis

The Guardian - Higher Education

So it is for England’s universities. Change of government may have come too late for some institutions with no prospect of immediate relief • Autumn tipping point looms The “false dawn” is a staple of Hollywood thrillers: where the main characters think they have escaped their nemesis, only to discover they are in more peril than ever.

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Was 2022 a bumper year for books about education?

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Nigel Thrift, The Pursuit of Possibility: Redesigning Research Universities – The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick takes aim at research universities for being too big, too focused on students and too uninterested in grand ideas. And if the government won’t do it, universities should.’

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Bolton graduates miss out on top jobs because of prejudice, says vice-chancellor

The Guardian - Higher Education

George Holmes says employers favour applicants from better-known institutions, as he plans to change university’s name Students from non-Russell Group universities miss out on high-powered jobs because of prejudice by employers, the vice-chancellor of the University of Bolton has said as he prepares to rename it the University of Greater Manchester.

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BBC investigates alleged poor English “open secret” in UK unis

The PIE News

The BBC is reporting that it is an “open secret” that international students with limited English proficiency can easily enrol in UK university courses, as well as cases of students exploiting illegal loopholes such as paying others to complete coursework or attend lectures on their behalf.

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University leaders in England call for rethink over rising ‘regulatory burden’

The Guardian - Higher Education

Exclusive: Vice-chancellors say Office for Students plans for next five years will financially harm smaller institutions University leaders have urged Englands higher education regulator to rethink its priorities, saying that smaller institutions will be financially harmed by increasing costs of its bureaucracy. Continue reading.