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The questions surrounding alleged human trafficking in Canada

The PIE News

Breaking over the holidays, news of a probe by India’s financial law enforcement agency into an alleged human trafficking scheme apparently using study visas to help individuals gain entry into Canada and then illegally spiriting them over the border into the US rocked the sector.

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UK private schools take next step in VAT policy legal row

The PIE News

It’s the latest step in its furious battle to overturn a policy key to the Labour party’s election manifesto before it regained power in July 2024 to start levying VAT on private school fees. In the case, the ISC is supporting six families impacted by the policy, and the defendent in UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

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The Graduate route is about human stories, not just numbers

Wonkhe

International students seem to get thrust into the policy spotlight every time the net migration figures arrive. But for Jim Campbell and Helen Atkinson, students’ and graduates’ voices should be at the centre of the conversation The post The Graduate route is about human stories, not just numbers appeared first on Wonkhe.

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With the demise of affirmative action, threats to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI), and policies in higher education there might not be an immediate increase in the number of Black men seeking to enroll in higher education. The nation cannot return to de facto policies that impede Black male progress.

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In order to enact human values, we have to start with ourselves. The conference theme this year is humanizing higher education, and hundreds of scholars from across the country gathered here to share their research, resources, and make connections. These values run contrary to systemic oppression. Kyoungjin Jang-Tucci, a Ph.D.

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It’s Time for Higher Education Leadership to Embrace 'Good Trouble’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The recent Supreme Court decision striking down race-conscious admissions policies , followed by anti-equity legislation across more than 40 states and at the highest level of government , erodes decades of collective efforts to rectify a history of gross social and structural inequities.

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Bringing us Humans Back to EdTech: Highlights from WCET’s 2025 Virtual Summit

WCET Frontiers

If you joined us at this years WCET virtual summit, The Elements of Humanizing EdTech in Higher Education thank you. It wasnt just another Zoom marathon; dynamic panelists shared their thoughts about the critical components of humanizing teaching and learning with technology. Its about the people behind it.