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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the P-12 education system, Black males have lower graduation rates in high school, are underrepresented in accelerated programs (e.g., gifted and talented); conversely, they are significantly overrepresented in special education, and in-school discipline and suspension rates (Ford & Moore, 2013; Hines et al.,

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Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The gap between exam scores among different racial groups has grown since 2003, highlighting a lack of resources and support for some student populations. Studies have uncovered various systemic factors that continue to impede equitable access to AP classes. Fair assessment is essential to achieving true education equity.

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

His contract is still pending approval from the state’s higher education system. She was no stranger to Gustavus; she served on the Board of Trustees from 2007 to 2014 following the enrollment of her eldest son in 2003. Lisa Coleman – Adler University (Ill.)

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Malaysia’s International Education by 2020 and Beyond: Re-examining Concept, Targets and Outcome

GlobalHigherEd

This entry is based on recent work in ASEAN and South Pacific Island States, specifically to address confusion between international education and the internationalisation of education in many emerging and developing higher education systems. In many systems, these terms are used interchangeably.

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WEEKEND READING: The next 20 years – rediscovering the social purpose of higher education

HEPI

As we navigate these ‘in-between times’, we can forget the extraordinary impact that higher education, as a sector, and HEPI, as a think tank, has had over the last 20 years (as Bahram Bekhradnia and Roger Brown recount). 2 During that time, UK universities have grown from graduating almost 600,000 people in 2003, to over 900,000 in 2022.

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What does Lula’s election mean for Brazil’s int’l ed sector?

The PIE News

After being in power for two terms from 2003 and 2010, Lula was caught up in a corruption scandal cleanup better known as Lava Jato – car wash – which affected higher-ups across the country. . Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the challenger of the incumbent, is a household name to some Brazilians – and an infamous one to others.

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Governance as a topic in Higher Education Studies

SRHE

Large issues remain unexplored, for example: In the UK does the separation at government level of research management from the management of the rest of higher education benefit the government’s innovation agenda more than it dislocates the higher education system?