Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 16, 2023
The initiative has grown rapidly since it started in 2019, offering a single Harvard course, Poetry in America: The City from Whitman to Hip-Hop, at 25 high schools in 11 cities. Students have risen to the challenge, with 83% having passed their courses as of spring 2021, and many reporting a broadened sense of their college possibilities.
SRHE
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
It will need to build in more responsiveness to the forms of disadvantage that holds back intersectional communities – such as British Muslims – from participation at the postgraduate level. The sector’s response to this is critical, as dealing with these disparities will necessitate enhancing the current access regime.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 3, 2023
Given that many in the first-gen student population come from disadvantaged backgrounds, future earnings are a significant consideration. According to the report, the effects of being first-gen doesn’t end after college. Income disparities between first-gen and continuing-gen students often persisted even after school.
HEPI
JUNE 7, 2023
The highest grades would be more widespread; the long-term effect is likely to be fairer to most disadvantaged applicants – they might be more inclined to aim high, and they might be more likely to pass a grade-linked threshold for consideration. And there is plenty of evidence that institutions work hard to overcome such disadvantages.
University Business
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
It’s a simple fact that students with socioeconomic disadvantages or who are otherwise marginalized have faced steep barriers to accessing higher education. Institutions are now tasked with redefining what constitutes a successful applicant, moving away from historical metrics that disadvantaged marginalized individuals.
The PIE News
JANUARY 11, 2024
On December 5, Lord Sharpe reminded that the Conservative 2019 manifesto committed to establishing the graduate route. The government should use it to help the sector adopt three sensible measures that institutions on their own may be reluctant to take for fear of putting themselves at a competitive disadvantage.”
The PIE News
OCTOBER 31, 2023
In 2019, China’s was 85.9m, and India’s was 123.6m. However, Chew noted that because of Australia’s current low market share – only around 1.5% – in Africa, it would be disadvantaged in despite the “significant growth opportunities”. The forecast for 2030 for those populations is 84.9m
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