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Understanding the purpose and role of the CAA UAE in higher education

Creatrix Campus

CAA is UAE’s official higher education quality assurance organization. It accredits all higher education institutions not affiliated with the federal government by taking them through a series of quality assurance steps and offering them a license to operate. What is the commission for academic accreditation (CAA)?

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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). 4 Who would want to be a vice-chancellor?

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The Higher Education Council (HEC) in Bahrain: Ensuring Quality and Excellence in Higher Ed Institutions

Creatrix Campus

What is the Higher Education Council (HEC) in Bahrain? What is the Higher Education Council (HEC) in Bahrain? The HEC is a government-affiliated organization that was established to oversee the development of the higher education sector in Bahrain.

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Why production cost and resentment is rising (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Understanding the rising cost of producing higher education starts with the fact that the wealthiest, most elite colleges and universities, which set the norms in higher education, are admitted "cookie monsters," whose insatiable and competitive need for revenue has long been viewed as beneficial -- until recent decades.

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HBCUv – Reimagining Digital Learning for HBCUs

WCET Frontiers

Not only did the landscape of higher education change, but many of us changed jobs, homes, roles, and even our expectations for how our life worked on a day-to-day basis. One of the guiding tactics for the project was to help HBCUs acquire and own more assets – such as tools, practices, technologies, approaches, etc.

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Record bond measures, higher ed policy on states' ballots

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Arizona voters will decide next month whether to allow undocumented students in the state to receive in-state tuition—one of three statewide measures on the ballot this November related to higher education. Harnisch said Arizona’s Proposition 308 is “the marquee higher education ballot measure this year.”

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

million investment in the institution, and in higher education development across Africa. CMU-Africa was established as CMU-Rwanda in 2011 as a partnership between the Rwandan government and the Pittsburgh-based university renowned for its engineering and technology programs. ambassador’s house.