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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

His father was a doctor who worked at the local hospital, but it was bombed in 2015. ” Today, more students of color, more low-income students, more women and more students with physical or mental health concerns seek higher education than in earlier decades. Afterward, his father treated patients in his home.

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Challenges facing women in post-study jobs, retraining and skills following the pandemic

HEPI

Gordon Marsden, former Shadow Higher Education, Further Education, and Skills Minister and a co-founder of Right to Learn, chaired the event and Professor Graeme Atherton from NEON/ University of West London and also a Right to Learn co-founder was in the audience. Women accounted to just 6.7

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The UK University-Territory Relationship in a Post-Brexit World

GlobalHigherEd

Corbett, LSE Commission on the Future of Britain in Europe, 8 December 2015). Note that this report was partially derived out of written and oral evidence provided to the Science and Technology Committee, House of Lords (December 2015-March 2016), some of which is flagged below. University Alliance – Written evidence (4 December 2015).

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State of Black America Report Focuses on Extremism

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If we do not interrupt it, then our efforts to impact issues like economic policy and education policy will be academic exercises.” “This is driving the way people vote, it’s driving what school boards do, it’s driving what governors do. The report also includes a special section about environmental justice.

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

GlobalHigherEd

Morshidi is also a Senior Research Fellow at the National Higher Education Research Institute (IPPTN), Universiti Sains Malaysia. A statement of “where we are” and “where we should be heading” will be offered for further consideration and deliberation based on the Malaysia Education Blueprint, 2015-2025 (Higher Education).