The Roots of Erasure Legislation in Education Policy
Academe Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
BY LOGAN JOHNSON In 2020, state bans on teaching “divisive concepts” in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education began sweeping our nation.
Riding India’s NEP 2020: there’s never been a better time for institutional partnerships
The PIE News
JANUARY 15, 2024
On the heels of India’s National Education Policy 2020, a recent think tank run by the government of India highlights the country’s dedication to establishing the region as a leading global hub of education with an emphasis on continued internationalisation and collaboration with foreign institutions.
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Ep.93: Is For-Profit Higher Education on Its Last Legs?
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Does the possible sale of the University of Phoenix to a public university system signal the demise of the for-profit higher education sector that Phoenix once epitomized?
The Importance of Listening to Student Needs Emphasized at Department of Education Summit
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 24, 2024
Department of Education (ED) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) held the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit: Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services in Washington, D.C. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. As of 2020, Johns Hopkins expanded this to a year-long program.
The Value of Higher Education in Developed Economies
HEPI
JANUARY 24, 2024
Mathias Cormann, Secretary General of the OECD, on the value of higher education in developed countries. Never mind that the 50% target he refers to relates to tertiary education, I am certain he is not alone in believing that too many people go to university. In 1998, 20% of adults in the OECD had a tertiary education.
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India an international education “sweet spot” until 2050s
The PIE News
APRIL 25, 2023
Expect disruption and new modes of innovative education but now is the time for international education providers to go to India, was the clear message at the Acumen Global Gateway conference in Delhi. The current model of international education for India needs to change… The one-way traffic needs to change,” he said.
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Creative arts courses at English universities face funding cut
The Guardian - Higher Education
APRIL 4, 2024
Education secretary Gillian Keegan will also squeeze funding for programmes to widen access to higher education Ministers will cut funding for performing and creative arts courses at English universities next year, which sector leaders say will further damage the country’s cultural industries. Continue reading.
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Updated educational attainment data show progress and gaps
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Census Bureau data and data from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. The project was paused in 2020 because of data-collection challenges during the pandemic. All states now have an educational attainment rate of above 40 percent, and 39 states, plus D.C. ” The recent data show 53.7
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Dr. KerryAnn O’Meara Named VP for Academic Affairs at Teachers College, Columbia University
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 8, 2023
Dr. KerryAnn O’Meara O’Meara is currently professor of higher education, a distinguished scholar teacher, and special assistant to the provost for strategic initiative at University of Maryland (UMD). in higher education from Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in education policy at the University of Maryland.
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Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom Starts with Culture First, Then Asks Questions
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 3, 2024
She is also a columnist for the New York Times, an award-winning author, and a 2020 MacArthur Fellow. When McMillan Cottom started graduate school, she had more questions than disciplinary allegiances, which led her to the intersection of the sociology of education and political economy. McMillan Cottom received her Ph.D.
International graduates’ plans derailed by skilled worker visa change
The PIE News
DECEMBER 14, 2023
The changes will come into effect in Spring 2024, with more details of the policies expected to be announced in the coming months. Research from the Higher Education Policy Institute released earlier this year found only 3% of employers had used the route and more than half weren’t aware of its existence.
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UK: £9bn in tuition from non-EU in 2021/22
The PIE News
APRIL 28, 2023
The latest figure is an unsurprising drop from the £1.39bn EU students paid in fees in 2020/21. By 2030, the UK’s target is to host 600,000 international students but also increase education exports to a value of £35bn – which tuition income will be only a part of. A previous target to hit £30bn by 2020 was not met.
‘Count virtual exchanges in EU mobility numbers’
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
EU nations agreed on the target in 2009, with a plan to achieve it by 2020. Putting it bluntly: either it abandons the unattainable 20% benchmark or it radically expands its catchment,” the report notes. “We know now that the benchmark – which was set relatively blindly at the time – has not been achieved.
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Is India the world’s next top knowledge power?
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
India has the second largest number of enrolments in the world, is rapidly growing access to education and has the third highest volume of scholarly outputs in the world. Student enrolments Globally, there are 39 national systems with more than 1 million enrolments in higher education compared to 33 in 2016. in 2015 or 17.8%
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“The seeds are sown” – what’s next for UK India education partnerships?
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Boosting trade with India Photo: British Council India The group has been in the country for several days already as part of a trade mission organised by the UK’s Department for Business and Trade, Department for Education and the British Council, meeting their Indian counterparts and discussing opportunities for collaboration.
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India aims for 500,000 foreign students by 2047
The PIE News
DECEMBER 12, 2023
It comes as the NITI Aayog ’s CEO, BVR Subrahmanyam, announced at the annual FICCI Higher Education Summit that the think tank was preparing a “vision document”, which will help achieve the numbers. “One The NEP 2020 is dedicated to establishing India as a leading global hub for education.
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More financial assistance sought in Indian budget
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
India has increased its education budget for this year to Rs1.2 However, international education stakeholders say outbound Indian students should have been addressed. “These aspects significantly impact the affordability of international education for Indian students and their families. trillion (£11.4
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IIT Guwahati Launches Online Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence on Coursera
Coursera blog
JULY 6, 2023
The National Education Policy 2020 emphasizes on training and preparing professionals in cutting-edge areas that are fast gaining prominence, such as machine learning, AI, big data analysis, etc., NEP 2020 further highlights the importance of increasing the Gross Enrollment Ratio in higher education.
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Report: U.S. Schools Remain Segregated, More Work to Do
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
After the 2020 police murder of George Floyd and the protests and “racial reckoning” against police violence that followed, various industries and sectors have had to reassess – or were said to be due for reassessments of – their own conditions and hierarchies, the report authors wrote. “Any
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Lifting As They Climb
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception. Dr. Linda Darling- Hammond The leadership of the national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education and currently boasts a membership of about 25,000 scholars — remained exclusively white until the 1990s. Banks to serve as president. “It
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India opens first TNE campus in Uganda
The PIE News
APRIL 19, 2023
On the other hand, the number of overseas students enrolled in Indian higher education institutions fell by 2.6% in the last two years from 49,348 in 2019/20 to 48,035 in 2020/21 according to The Indian Express , quoting data by All India Survey on Higher Education.
India open for international collaboration, government tells UK universities
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Speaking at the British Council’s India-UK higher education conference in New Delhi, Neeta Prasad, joint secretary at India’s Ministry of Education, said the country’s education ecosystem has “undergone a massive transformation” over the last three years and “that transformation is still going on”.
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30 years on: what do polytechnics teach us about transcending the vocational/ academic divide in today’s higher education landscape?
HEPI
DECEMBER 4, 2022
Katherine Emms is a Senior Education & Policy Researcher at the Edge Foundation. The current shortage of high-skilled professionals has again placed vocational education centre stage. To remedy this, the Edge Foundation has created a repository of past policy reviews.
Why it’s always time to speak up for international students
The PIE News
DECEMBER 5, 2023
International students were and are deeply involved in their communities for good, and home students felt their education and lives enriched by connections with peers from around the world. A reduction in public funding has meant international students are the unseen funders of British higher education. They underpin all teaching.
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Why not HE? The reasons those from under-represented backgrounds decide against university
SRHE
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Efforts to widen higher education access have tended to focus on the provision of information and supportto those from under-represented backgrounds. Those planning on employmenttalked about the appeal of ‘getting a job’ and wanting to leave full-time education behind. by Neil Raven. The follow-up focused on two further subject areas.
India seeks to simplify int’l student journey with one-stop portal
The PIE News
AUGUST 9, 2023
The country’s ministry of education, in collaboration with the ministry of home affairs and ministry of external affairs, has launched a centralised digital platform for global students seeking higher education in India. The launch of the ‘Study In India’ portal by the Ministry of Education was a momentous occasion!
Universities can set up in India but regulations pose challenge
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
India wants to internationalise its higher education system and tackle brain-drain, as set out in the 2020 National Education Policy , while foreign institutions are keen to capitalise on the growing demand from Indian students. The regulations have been quite a long way in the making,” said Singh. “It’s
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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 22, 2022
From a sample of over 560,000 first year, first time community college students and over 32,000 instructors in Texas between 2013 and 2020, researchers found that 77% of white students experienced a racial match. Griffin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. Dr. Kimberly A.
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India issues draft rules for foreign university branches
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 19, 2023
The criteria, which were expected to be finalized later this month following consultation, clarify the rules for international universities setting up Indian campuses, a shift first announced in the 2020 National Education Policy (NEP). “I could see a symbiotic relationship between foreign capital and Hindutva ideology.
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10 points to note on today’s report on student accommodation costs – By Nick Hillman
HEPI
OCTOBER 26, 2023
I have learnt more from Martin than from just about anyone else in the UK higher education sector. I am delighted that the organisation I work for, the Higher Education Policy Institute, is publishing today’s report with Unipol. It is in a long line of HEPI papers on the issue of where students live.
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The State of Higher Education Part 1: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 159 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Courtney Brown
The Change Leader, Inc.
JUNE 13, 2023
college or university say their barriers have been to finishing their education over three years. college or university say their barriers have been to finishing their education over three years. People still valued post-secondary education and wanted to come back.
Australian TNE looks to India as countries recognise qualifications
The PIE News
MARCH 6, 2023
A qualifications recognition agreement between Australia and India to streamline education and career pathways was announced as a delegation of Australian education leaders visited the country. In July 2022, the UK and India agreed an MoU to recognise each other’s higher education qualifications.
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Eda Davis-Lowe
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 22, 2022
Title: Assistant Vice President, Educational Partnerships, Valencia College Davis-Lowe currently serves as assistant vice president for partnerships for educational equity at Valencia College. Davis-Lowe researches STEM diversity, higher education, educational policy and teaching methods.
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Legacy Admissions Debate Ignites After Affirmative Action Ruling
Insight Into Diversity
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
As a major step toward more equitable admissions policies following the U.S. Supreme Court ban on affirmative action, college and university leaders, politicians, education experts, and the general public are calling for an end to legacy admissions — the practice of giving preference to students who have familial connections to alumni.
An Urgent Solution Required: Too Many Guns are Killing Too Many of our Children.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 25, 2023
It is the weekend, and we are in Chicago, having just attended the four-day 2023 AERA (The American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting, "Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth." The four days are packed with educational sessions, panel presentations, and roundtable discussions.
SRHE Digital University: what’s on in 2023
SRHE
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
We hope this new way of working will motivate and stimulate debates around everything digital in higher education. The DU network will, therefore, act as a platform for anyone to contribute to discussions about digital higher education. This session will then open to discussion with the audience.
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The Robbins Review – Lessons for the Future by Professor Huw Morris
HEPI
OCTOBER 22, 2023
This new piece was kindly authored for HEPI by Huw Morris, who is an Honorary Professor of Tertiary Education at the Institute of Education, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, and who is currently on secondment from the Welsh Government. The Robbins Review report was published 60 years ago this October.
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The SAT and ACT Are Less Important Than You Might Think
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 30, 2023
Blog: Higher Ed Policy More than 80 percent of U.S. That proportion of institutions with test-optional policies has more than doubled since the spring of 2020. The development and use of standardized tests in higher education came out of the eugenics movement. That includes the entire University of California system.
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Gypsy, Roma, Traveller: living as an outcast
HEPI
FEBRUARY 5, 2023
This project came about after Nicole heard about HEPI’s 2022 report on the educational outcomes of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers (GRT). The inspector said, “there’s only one thing more dangerous than a pikey and that’s an educated pikey” That is what they took from that meeting is that I’m a pikey.
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Gamekeepers, poachers, policy wonks and knowledge
SRHE
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
I was excited to attend SRHE’s event, Bridging The Gap: Improving The Relationship Between Higher Education Research And Policy on 4 November 2022. It was the first time I’d been to London since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Policy levers mentioned were access, REF, TEF and system wide changes.
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Honoring a Father's Diversity Legacy in Higher Ed
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 6, 2023
In a precedent-setting career in higher education, the late Dr. Alfredo de los Santos Jr. De los Santos, a posthumous recipient of a 2023 Diverse Champions Award, is remembered by colleagues as a great friend, an outstanding mind, and a determined educator who placed access and equity at the center of his work. Richardson Jr.,
Mapping Transfer Pathways: How Data and Equitable Admissions Policies can Support Transfer Student Success
IHEP
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Federal, state, and institutional policymakers have the power to close these racial and economic gaps and promote equitable access to the better living and better life that higher education can provide. The Institute for Higher Education Policy. The Institute for Higher Education Policy. December 21, 2020).
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China bans students from enrolling in foreign online colleges
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Image: China’s Ministry of Education will no longer recognize online degrees from overseas colleges, per a Jan. Some students, educators and analysts welcomed the news as an opportunity to open more in-person international exchanges. Lee, professor of educational policy studies and practice at the University of Arizona, said.
India: UGC releases draft IBC regulations
The PIE News
JANUARY 6, 2023
India’s University Grants Commission has released draft regulations that stakeholders have welcomed as an “excellent step forward” for international higher educational institutions to establish campuses in the country. “But lots of other countries are focusing on India,” she continued.
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