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Beyond the bottom line: rethinking recruitment strategy and cost

The PIE News

However, as many colleagues have reminded me, assessing the value of international student recruitment purely through a financial lens overlooks the broader strategic benefits universities may seek. Equally significant are opportunity costs associated with academic staff engagement in international recruitment.

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Raising the bar in recruitment: a revolution in agent accountability

The PIE News

Universities, reliant on recruitment agents and aggregator platforms, face enduring challenges in ensuring the quality and integrity of student admissions. It not only introduces transparency and accountability to the recruitment process but also fosters a level of openness and trust previously unseen in the industry.

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Today, the percentage stands at nearly 33%, marking a significant but measured progress in the landscape of academic leadership. The initiatives impact, she notes, has been particularly evident in creating networks and support systems that help women navigate the complex path to leadership positions.

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New SREB Report Advocates for Accessible and High-Quality Pathways to Attract and Retain Teachers in the Classroom

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Arguably, we're going to eventually see an impact on leadership in schools, because if we aren't creating enough teachers, we're also not going to be creating enough administrators,” said Pruitt in an interview with Diverse. “If Teacher advancement and career pathways are among the list of ways to recruit, retain, and support teachers.

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Let’s look outside academia for university leaders

LSE Higher Education Blog

The recruitment of university leaders, or more specifically vice-chancellors and their equivalent, is an opaque process. But what is currently known is that recruiting to such positions, especially from outside the UK, is hard. So why do academics take on formal leadership roles? Reasons are manifold. One is remunerative.

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Paradigm Shift: DEI, Anti-DEI, or Underrepresentation?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This backdrop was on the minds of panelists in preparation for their presentation, entitled, A State of Affairs: The Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees, which convened at the recent Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT, 2024) Leadership Congress in Seattle, WA. Dr. Margaretta B. Dr. Carl B. Dr. Terry A.

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Navigating the Waves: Key Strategies for International Student Recruitment Success

HEPI

The landscape of international student recruitment in the UK has experienced a seismic shift from a period of unexpected prosperity post-Covid, to a challenging environment marked by political, financial, and societal changes. The questionnaire mentioned in this blog is embedded as a pdf below and can be downloaded from the website.