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Assessing Quality of Microcredentials Is Difficult

Inside Higher Ed

Assessing Quality of Microcredentials Is Difficult kathryn.palmer… Tue, 02/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Most high school educators recognize the value of microcredentials, but a dearth of available data on outcomes can make them hesitant to recommend nondegree pathways to students. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer

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Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy Named President and CEO of AACTE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

"It's also a role that brings together my love for educator preparation and my desire to discover new ways to ensure PK-12 students have the best education, no matter their background or circumstance."

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Most PhDs are FAKE?! (Andy Stapleton)

Higher Education Inquirer

Andy Stapleton of Academia Insider provides a public service to consumers by exposing the social realities of graduate school education. that persists in our society and culture and make education consumers more conscious of their choices. These videos should serve as an antidote to the College Mania!

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Oxbridge must help pupils from state schools succeed, college head says

The Guardian - Higher Education

Helen Mountfield, principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, hopes to raise £100m to help improve outcomes Oxbridge colleges need to actively help their state school-educated pupils succeed, rather than hope a “magical sorting hat” will uncover their talent, according to the head of an Oxford college who is looking to raise £100m to do just that.

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The 10 least valuable college degrees—only 1 helps grads earn more than $50,000

University Business

In 2022, workers ages 25 to 34 with a bachelor’s degree earned a median annual salary of $66,600, according to the latest National Center for Education Statistics data. Their counterparts with only a high school education earned $41,800 a year. But not all college grads see that salary boost.

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Half of Hispanic students considered leaving college last year

University Business

Fifty percent of Hispanic students currently enrolled in a post-high school education program found it “very difficult” or “difficult” for them to remain in their program. Remaining enrolled in college was just as tough for U.S.

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‘Being a girl is a heavy crime’: Afghan women in despair over university ban

The Guardian - Higher Education

On Tuesday, Afghanistan’s ministry of higher education issued a letter to all government and private universities, ordering an indefinite ban on university education for women. The country’s hardline Islamist rulers had already banned most female Afghan teenagers from secondary school education. Continue reading.