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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Parnell begins her term July 1, succeeding Dr. Kevin Kruger, who has held the post since 2012.

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WEEKEND READING: 25 years on from the Dearing report, have we kept its spirit alive?

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The basic idea on fees and funding in the Dearing report of a fee that would not be differentiated by subject, for example, but which would cover one-quarter of the average cost of higher education tuition backed by an income-contingent loan has actually proved remarkably durable. Here we are, 25 years later, still talking about it.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Janelle Scott, a professor in the School of Education and African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. and Mary Catherine Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities, and is the chair of the Race, Diversity, and Educational Policy Cluster of the Othering and Belonging Institute.

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The SRHE Digital University Network: A Decade of Trends and Future Directions

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by Katy Jordan, Janja Komljenovic and Jeremy Knox The SRHE Digital University Network was launched in 2012, with a view to present “ critical, theorised and research-based perspectives on technologies in higher education ”. Janja is published internationally on higher education policy, markets and education technology.

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Is India the world’s next top knowledge power?

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Gross Enrolment Ratio The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) measures the capacity of a country to educate people in a particular age group – a key measure of access to education used by the UN and others. In 2020, India had a Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) at tertiary education level of 29.4%, compared to 26.8% in 2015 or 17.8%

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Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

based Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), one of the nation’s premiere education research and policy centers, Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper has a vision. Since taking the helm of IHEP in 2008, Cooper’s been out front influencing national education policy. As president of the Washington, D.C.-based

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The Guardian view on tuition fees: Labour needs an alternative solution | Editorial

The Guardian - Higher Education

The opposition should fix a system that benefits the highest earners and those with wealthy parents Since the coalition government raised the cap on tuition fees in 2012, student debt has soared. Due to interest on student loans, many graduates will spend most of their working lives paying off a debt that is greater than what they borrowed.