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Stand Alone: 2015 – 2024: 10 years of changing higher education for estranged students

HEPI

In 2015, Stand Alone, a small charity founded in 2013 to offer support to adults estranged from family, embarked on the ambitious project to change higher education for students whose relationship with their parents and wider family network had broken down, i.e. were estranged.

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South Korea hosts 200,000 international students, hits 2015 target

The PIE News

The 205,167 international students enrolled in March 2023 means the country hit a target set in 2015 of hosting 200,000 foreign students by 2023. ” The post South Korea hosts 200,000 international students, hits 2015 target appeared first on The PIE News.

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Students Increasingly Uncomfortable Sharing Political Opinions

Inside Higher Ed

In the latest iteration of the Harvard Youth Poll, conducted by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, one-third of students between 18 and 29 said they feel uncomfortable sharing their political views on campus for fear of negative repercussions—a share that has climbed since 2015, when 13 percent responded that way.

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The Rise and Fall of DEI at the University of Oklahoma

The Chronicle of Higher Education

of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house in 2015 after a racist video stirred outrage. Brian Charles Sue Ogrocki, AP Students marched on the U. Racist fraternity chants nine years ago gave rise to diversity, equity, and inclusion work on the campus. New legislation threatens to end it.

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Report: National Six-Year College Completion Rates Stalling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NSC’s researchers found that, on a national level, the six-year completion rate for students who began college in Fall 2017 was 62.2%, the same as those who began in Fall 2015. Older college students – those older than age 24 – seem to be finishing college at gradually higher rates, now at 52% from 2015’s 50.5%. million students.

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UW Madison’s Nonresident Enrollment Spiked After Cap Removal

Inside Higher Ed

Out-of-state enrollment at the University of Wisconsin at Madison increased by 29 percent in the three years after the state government removed a cap on nonresidents in 2015, according to a new working paper from researchers published by Brown University’s school of education. Tuition revenue also rose significantly, by 47 percent.

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Credentials Awarded Drop for Second Year in a Row

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

More students earned certificates than any year in the past decade, while associate degrees awarded fell to its lowest point in a decade and bachelor's degrees awarded fell to its lowest since 2015–16 academic year. These drops “erase the gains made between 2015 and 2020,” said Dr. Pietro A.

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