Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Manny Rodriguez laments childhood memories of the discourse surrounding education policies in California, particularly those that negatively affected migrant families like his. Manny is a leader in higher education policy advocacy,” says Brian Rivas, senior director of policy and government relations at The Education Trust — West.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Against a backdrop of changes to Australia’s policy framework, October 2023 to August 2024 saw a 38% reduction in the number of overall study visas granted compared to the previous year.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Tessa Harrison and Julia Roberts, Partners at the executive search firm GatenbySanderson, recently hosted a discussion with invited University Chairs and Secretaries to discuss current issues facing university governance. The Department for Education (DfE) is asking questions about the calibre of higher education governance.

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University Business

AUGUST 30, 2024

There’s a new back-to-school ritual for students and professors: brushing up on policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence. Some universities have implemented AI policies that faculty are required to enforce. So, how should professors proceed update their class policies? Read more from GBH.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 21, 2024

by Maria-Ligia Barbosa In Latin America, higher education has undergone intense transformation. In Argentina and Uruguay, the demand for higher education was met by the public sector. However, there are relevant differences in dimensions such as governance, size, selectivity and educational offer.

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University Business

MAY 17, 2024

Many college and university leaders are excited about the capabilities of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and interested to learn how this technology could transform higher education. Please read the Gordian Privacy Policy for more details.

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MindMax

APRIL 22, 2024

This year’s conference was centered on the following themes: “growing [higher education’s] impact through expanded access and innovation (focused especially on emerging topics such as AI), broadened inclusivity, policy advocacy, organizational transformation, engaging faculty and other critical partners, and building our individual networks.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

District Judge Robert Pitman has rejected claims by Students for Fair Admissions that the University of Texas at Austin continued to unlawfully consider race when admitting students after the U.S. University of Texas at Austin was filed in the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Students for Fair Admissions Inc.

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HEPI

JULY 16, 2024

Carden, Chief of Staff & Chief Strategy Officer and the University of Southampton. He provided some thoughts on what in higher education had changed for better or worse during this period. He provided some thoughts on what in higher education had changed for better or worse during this period.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“North Star Promise provides free college tuition to help make education after high school possible for more Minnesota students and families,” is written on the Minnesota Office of Higher Education website. Francis-Begay, governing council chair for the National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 14, 2024

The American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, has responded to a proliferation of administrative actions it deems as hastily enacted policies restricting rights to assemble and protest on college and university campuses. Third, many such policies are being imposed with little to no faculty input.

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University Business

MAY 30, 2024

ChatGPT and artificial intelligence are now a common part of the vocabulary in higher education. They can be used for lesson planning, quiz creation and, if used correctly by students, for research, language development and as an effective tool in their education to support student success.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The evolving landscape of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in higher education is reshaping the role of Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs) (El-Amin, 2022b). The role of Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs) in higher education has undergone significant transformation over recent years (El-Amin, 2022b).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. The document's authors misrepresent the origins of progressive thought in education.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In HEPI’s 20th Anniversary Collection , Dr Mark Corver, Managing Director and co-founder of dataHE , set out the status quo of university funding. The funding system for undergraduate teaching in UK universities has drifted into crisis. ’ This extended piece is his vision for what that resetting may look like.

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HEPI

MARCH 7, 2023

I jumped at the chance to speak to London Higher in part because I am an alumnus of our host institution, having studied here at the end of the last century when Queen Mary University of London / QMUL was known as QMWC or Queen Mary and Westfield College. I am also lucky to be an Honorary Fellow of this institution.

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University Business

MAY 9, 2024

Higher education is still finding its footing post pandemic. The 11th edition of Gordian’s comprehensive report examines these trends and explores how higher ed leaders are navigating these new realities and the challenges of space, spending, and staff. Please read the Gordian Privacy Policy for more details.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Omar Khan , CEO at TASO , Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education. There are three ways that child poverty matters for universities and colleges. The author is also the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Trust of London.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

High standards for higher education Proven and productive ways to use interactive flat panel displays on and off campus College and university leaders are constantly looking for new ways to create more interactive, flexible and engaging teaching and learning environments.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The evolving landscape of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in higher education is reshaping the role of Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs) (El-Amin, 2022b). The role of Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs) in higher education has undergone significant transformation over recent years (El-Amin, 2022b).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A new report released by The Education Trust titled, “Improving Titles III & V of the Higher Education Act to Better Serve Students of Color and Students from Low-Income Backgrounds” examines how Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) receive funds related to Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act (HEA).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 22, 2023

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) has released a policy brief with recommendations on effective public investment in regional universities. The brief – written by Dr. Kevin R.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS—Amid the ongoing attacks to higher education, experts who study the field are gathering this week to debate and respond to the growing political challenges that have impacted colleges and universities. It’s really about the importance of relationships,” he said of the association that will turn 50 in two years.

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The PIE News

MAY 2, 2024

Universities in the UK, Australia and Canada have announced staff layoffs and course suspensions as government policies limiting international student numbers cause increasing financial strain.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

by Erika Kalocsányiová and Rania Hassan Promoting sustainability literacy in higher education is crucial for deepening students’ pro-environmental behaviour and mindset ( Buckler & Creech, 2014 ; UNESCO, 1997 ), while also fostering social transformation by embedding sustainability at the core of the student experience.

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MAY 11, 2024

HEPI recently published a collection of essays on the issue of funding undergraduate degrees, curated by HEPI Director of Policy and Advocacy Rose Stephenson. We previously published a chapter by David Willetts , Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014.

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University Business

AUGUST 15, 2024

The American Association of University Professors announced on Monday the reversal of its 24-year-old stance opposing academic boycotts with a statement saying faculty members and students should be free to assess the specific circumstances of systematic academic boycotts and make their own choices regarding their participation in them.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

LAS VEGAS-- Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. “If

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Exclusive new data from SAP Concur and Wakefield Research’s first Higher Education Global Business Traveler Survey provides common ground between the goals of university managers to keep travel costs down and the desire of staff for travel flexibility. Please read SAP Concur’s Privacy Policy for more details.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2024

As diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts have come under attack, I wonder if higher education leaders shouldn’t begin to evolve the concept before policymakers strip away every tool we have to provide supports for students of color. In the context of higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2024

A new white paper, released by the American Association of University Professors’ (AAUP) Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, details an outgrowth of a coordinated campaign to generate a backlash against academic institutions.

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HEPI

APRIL 21, 2024

This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Kostas Kollydas and Professor Anne Green , City-REDI, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham ( @CityREDI ). This methodology enables a nuanced understanding of higher education-related migration patterns and their implications at a subregional level.

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HEPI

JULY 9, 2024

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. No contest.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

More women are attending university than ever before and a quarter of the world’s top universities have appointed a female president, but research shows that female academics are being pushed out of academia and are evaluated lower than male lecturers, which could stifle their careers. This issue is not confined to higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 19, 2024

The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) has released its latest policy recommendations to make postsecondary education affordable and completable for all students. “It TICAS “traced out all the different pieces that we would need to have a vibrant, acceptive, equitable higher education system,” said Gadkaree.

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HEPI

JANUARY 2, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Colin Riordan, Secretary General and Chief Executive Professor of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). Through PEBL we partnered with universities in East and West Africa to deliver online and blended learning, helping to meet demand for higher education.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Exclusive: Chris Skidmore says restrictions on international students risk a funding crisis Analysis: from boom to bust on international students The Conservative party’s “scorched earth” immigration policies risk UK universities becoming increasingly reliant on students from China to avoid financial crisis, a former universities minister has said.

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