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Study: Outcomes of Students in Policy Debate Programs Linked to ELA Improvements and Postsecondary Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The study – published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) – examined data of students in Boston Public Schools during the 2007–08 to 2017–18 school years, of which 3,515 took part in the Boston Debate League.

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5 Hip-Hop Quotes to Inspire College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2017, hip-hop became the most streamed genre in the United States of America. While hip-hop may not often be referenced as tantamount with higher education, many artists have referenced the academe within their works. 3. Big Sean (“Sacrifices”, 2017) “The human race is all about pacing. Dr. Jeremy C.

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Preparing for Government again: how the higher education sector needs to prepare for the next Labour administration

HEPI

This guest post has been kindly written for HEPI by Colin McCaig, Professor of Higher Education Policy in the Sheffield Institute of Education, who has 20 years’ experience in education policy research. The Labour Party is ahead in the polls and has been since December 2021.

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As microcredentials boom, employers' hiring platforms fumble

Inside Higher Ed

“There’s valuable educational and skill information hiding in plain sight with regard to some of these candidates,” said Sean Gallagher, executive professor of educational policy at Northeastern University and a co-author of the study. “Why do these systems not call for more detailed information?

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Africa meets Europe

The PIE News

The group also influences European educational policy and develops best practice through mutual exchange of experience. It is committed to creating special academic and cultural ties to promote internationalisation, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, and service to society.

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Radical proposals in leader’s conference speech

SRHE

We committed to a second phase of the project (HS2) through legislation in the Higher Education and Research Act in 2017. Just the best education system in the Western world. The first part of this (HS1) was achieved some years ago through investment in infrastructure connecting the UK with the rest of Europe.

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Decentralisation and the case for moving to a tertiary education system

SRHE

Investment in human capital has been mostly ignored. In 2017-18 it admitted only 14% of its home students from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority region, much of which would be classified as economically deprived. A tertiary system, regionally driven, would offer a valuable complementary effect.