Higher Ed Data Stories

JULY 6, 2024

This is problematic because College Board has spent a lot of money lobbying state legislatures to pass laws requiring public universities grant credit for AP exams (usually a 3 or above). And in some subjects, does giving credit for some courses actually set students up for failure in subsequent classes?

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The PIE News

AUGUST 24, 2023

The University Grants Commission released draft regulations for the recognition of foreign degrees as top universities plan to establish branch campuses in India for the first time. Online degrees from foreign institutions will not be recognised in India under proposed guidelines from the country’s higher education regulator.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

With the aim of diversifying their undergraduate student cohorts, Hong Kong universities are set to use a sizeable grant to turn to India as the main destination from which to recruit students. No specific date has yet been set, The PIE understands. The vast majority of international student still come from mainland China.

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The PIE News

JULY 9, 2024

The test is used to determine the eligibility of candidates for junior research fellowship, assistant professors and PhDs in Indian universities and was supposed to take place on June 18. Keeping up with international universities, Indian higher education institutions can now hold admissions twice a year – in January and July.

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The PIE News

APRIL 19, 2023

India’s National Forensic Sciences University has become the first state institution to launch a campus abroad in the East African country of Uganda. It comes just a month after it was announced that India was drafting regulations for universities on setting up overseas campuses in Africa and Asia.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The appetite for international education is “huge” among Bangladeshi youth, a representative from the British High Commission in Dhaka said last week, following a report earlier this month that urged UK universities to diversify their student recruitment beyond India and China. .

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The PIE News

JULY 23, 2024

Foreign universities have extensive networks and collaborations with multinational corporations, startups, and industry leaders. Additionally, many international universities offer favourable payment options to accommodate students. The budget for Central Universities has been kept at Rs. There is a rampant fund crunch in HEIs.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

. “Unfortunately, the interim budget 2024 didn’t address issues related to interest rates on education loans or Tax Collected at Source for remittances for overseas education,” said Saurabh Arora, CEO of University Living, a global student accommodation platform. The initiative’s budget rose by some 6.1%

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HEPI

AUGUST 26, 2024

It’s taken me almost 20 years but, over the summer, I eventually got around to reading a book I’ve been wanting to read on higher education policy since I started working in the area over 15 years ago: University to Uni – The Politics of Higher Education since 1944 by Robert Stevens.

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SRHE

MAY 10, 2024

Cambridge University has an Action Research on Research Culture project in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, Leiden University, Freie Universität Berlin and ETH Zurich, suggesting international reach towards defining such a culture. Research is a relative newcomer to the work of English universities.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

According to a report by the British Council, while 171,532 students in Sri Lanka qualified for university education in 2022, state universities had a limited capacity of 44,000 spots. It opens up opportunities for institutions to fill that gap through private education and TNE in the South Asian country.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Government had been alerted to the future funding dilemmas posed by the likely increase in the demand for student places in higher education by the Treasury through the University Grants Committee (UGC) and appointed Lord Robbins as a safe pair of hands (with a strong Treasury background as well as holding a leading university position).

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 25, 2023

The University Grants Commission (UGC) recommends a nine-letter-grade system for CBCS evaluation, replacing percentage-based grading. CBCS emphasizes continuous evaluation through various assessment methods, promoting a deeper understanding of the subjects.

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HEPI

AUGUST 1, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for the HEPI 20th Anniversary Collection by Roger Brown, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Policy and former Vice-Chancellor of Southampton Solent University. In July and August, we are running chapters from the Anniversary Collection as a blog series. This piece is the first chapter from that collection.

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SRHE

DECEMBER 5, 2023

by Michael Shattock From decentralised to centralised Until 1919 UK universities, except Oxbridge and Durham, were primarily civic institutions created by wealthy citizens and governed by councils strongly represented by the founders and by local authorities and the local industrial community.

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SRHE

MAY 28, 2024

The OED offers no more than “The act or manner of governing” and, misleadingly in respect to universities, defines a governing body as “the managers of the institution” ignoring the concept of ‘shared governance’ between governing bodies and senates implicit historically in the constitutions of most pre-1992 universities.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This program, developed in partnership with India’s Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission , aims to bridge the educational gap for Indian students, especially those from smaller cities. The post Indian Embassy in US launches MARG for students, researchers appeared first on The PIE News.

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The PIE News

APRIL 5, 2023

The African continent is at the top of destinations where Indian universities are braced to set up international branch campuses. We have in India a huge university ecosystem. There are outstanding universities, both in central government, state government funded and private universities.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 12, 2023

Explanation of the Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS) The Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS) is an academic framework implemented by the University Grants Commission (UGC), that revolutionizes higher education by offering a student-centered learning approach.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The state of Michigan is mourning as it comes up on the first anniversary of the gunman who took three students’ lives at Michigan State University. However, the university is still behind on implementing some of the most vital measures it’s promised thus far, drawing concern from the community, the Detroit Free Press reports.

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The PIE News

JUNE 7, 2024

Some states’ university funds are tied to the adoption of suggestions under NEP, which could see a shift in the coming years,” said Mathews. With the BJP not having a majority of its own, the new government wouldn’t be able to push NEP among states that are reluctant to adopt it.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 6, 2023

India’s University Grants Commission has released draft regulations that stakeholders have welcomed as an “excellent step forward” for international higher educational institutions to establish campuses in the country.

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University Business

MAY 17, 2023

Colleges awarded funds The MHSP grant program awarded over $1 million to three separate colleges, including SUNY at Binghamton, Eastern University and William James College. Here is the complete list of institutions the MHSP awarded grants to in the Northeast.

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Coursera blog

AUGUST 7, 2024

The University Grants Commission’s National Credit Framework (NCrF) now allows students to earn credits for all forms of learning, making it easier to switch between academic studies and skill-based learning. The actual credits shall be determined by the university based on notional learning hours.

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