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What role will higher education play in the next general election?

HEPI

In a closing members’ discussion, we noted that higher education is connected to all of the big political topics of our moment, but rarely seems to be acknowledged by politicians as such. Either way, we inevitably found ourselves wondering what role higher education will play in these parties’ campaigns – if any.

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New Congress Augurs Investigations, Little Legislation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The lack of a speaker has paralyzed the lower chamber and delayed choices about who will lead committees, including the House Committee for Education and Labor, which Republicans are expected to rename Education and the Workforce, as has been their custom when in power since 2010. How much legislation will they be able to move forward?

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Stacey Abrams Appointed Inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics at Howard University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The well-known political figure was a state representative in the Georgia General Assembly, having served as minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives 2011-2017. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and a J.D. Abrams holds a B.A. from Yale University.

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A sectorwide approach to higher ed's future (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

These are challenges all of us in higher education face today. We have to think differently about the future of higher education. And rather than limit our work to what one type of institution or program can achieve, we should look across the entire higher education sector. Affordability. Social mobility.

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Central European University’s Complicated Legal Geographies

GlobalHigherEd

As has been reported widely, including in Inside Higher Ed , Central European University (CEU) ( registered officially under the names Central European University and Közép-európai Egyetem, KEE ) is facing some major challenges regarding its future existence. It will set a precedent that will prevent higher education from flourishing.

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education. “All of those intersectionalities opened my eyes to a lot of inequity in higher education,” Mora said.

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Fraternities cut ties with USC

Inside Higher Ed

John Hechinger, author of True Gentlemen: The Broken Pledge of America’s Fraternities ( Public Affairs, 2017 ), said that, crucially, disaffiliated fraternities also lose out on access to free educational training in Title IX regulations and sexual assault prevention. “It is very difficult to rein them in.”