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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Participating in policy debate programs in grade school is associated with improvements in English language arts (ELA) and better odds of graduating and going to college, according to findings from a new study in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

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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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Africa meets Europe

The PIE News

The Coimbra Group’s annual conference at the University of Cologne from May 31 to June 2 this year demonstrated the organisation’s ethos of global co-operation. Founded in 1985, the group comprises 41 European, high-ranking, comprehensive, civic universities.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

EAB

Blogs Creating a data-informed campus: part 3 Using data to facilitate institutional effectiveness The conversation around data-informed decision making in higher education continues to accelerate. 4) I have had the opportunity to redesign the institutional research function at both community colleges and at a public regional university.

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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. Lessons from the past.

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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. Universities are overcrowded, because too many students want to be in higher education. Universities are overcrowded, because too many students want to be in higher education.

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As microcredentials boom, employers' hiring platforms fumble

Inside Higher Ed

But it turns out that employers’ own hiring platforms and third-party intermediaries often act as barriers to matching the right talent to the right positions, according to a recent Northeastern University report. Most employers today require job candidates to apply online. … The technology is simply not there yet.”