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ELT schools “won’t be affected” by VAT policy

The PIE News

The Labour leader in the UK confirmed that English language schools will be exempt from VAT tax fees put in place by the party should it win the 2024 election, English UK has said. Labour’s policy would charge VAT on fees for registered independent schools. The team confirmed they received a reply in recent days.

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Problems With Law School Test Frustrate Thousands

Inside Higher Ed

Thousands of students trying to take the Law School Admission Test remotely were thwarted Friday and Saturday by problems with the proctoring service the Law School Admission Council used for the first time this year.

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Axis Education Group invests €7m in new Co. Dublin campus

The PIE News

Axis Education Group, which brings together The Dublin Academy of Education , Independent College , International House Dublin , and Public Affairs Ireland , has unveiled plans for a 7 million investment in a state-of-the-art, 28,000-square-foot campus in the area.

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Virginia Commonwealth’s News Release Battle—With Itself

Inside Higher Ed

The university’s public affairs school published poll results criticizing university leaders, who then insulted the poll’s methodology. The school fired back.

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Columbia Riven by Feud Over Statements and Doxing Truck

Inside Higher Ed

About 30 Columbia University students walked out of a lecture by Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, on Tuesday to join a protest of the university’s administration, The New York Times reported.

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Muhammad Leaves Harvard, Accepts Tenured Post at Princeton

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Harvard Kennedy School professor Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad has accepted a tenured position at Princeton University. Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad Muhammad is the Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.

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AIMEE J. VARGAS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Vargas has been named senior advisor to the dean at the NYU Silver School of Social Work. She served as a government relations and public affairs executive. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Vargas Aimee J. Vargas is a graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I.