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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Dr. KerryAnn O’Meara Named VP for Academic Affairs at Teachers College, Columbia University
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 8, 2023
O’Meara was also a 2021-2022 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow and president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education in 2020. in higher education from Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in education policy at the University of Maryland. O’Meara holds a B.A.
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Creative arts courses at English universities face funding cut
The Guardian - Higher Education
APRIL 4, 2024
The cuts, outlined by the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, in guidance to the universities regulator , will also reduce funding for Uni-Connect, which runs programmes aimed at widening access to higher education for those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to £20m, a third of its 2020-21 budget. Continue reading.
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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.
International graduates’ plans derailed by skilled worker visa change
The PIE News
DECEMBER 14, 2023
According to research from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, most graduates in the UK fell in the salary band of £24,000 – £26,999 approximately 15 months after completing their studies, when they last conducted their Graduate Outcomes research in 2020/21.
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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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Ep.93: Is For-Profit Higher Education on Its Last Legs?
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Hosted by Inside Higher Ed Editor Doug Lederman Follow Us On Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify Section: The Key Podcast Event's date: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - 6:15pm Insider only:
‘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
Gross Enrolment Ratio The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) measures the capacity of a country to educate people in a particular age group – a key measure of access to education used by the UN and others. In 2020, India had a Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) at tertiary education level of 29.4%, compared to 26.8% in 2015 or 17.8%
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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. As of 2020, Johns Hopkins expanded this to a year-long program. On Wednesday, the U.S.
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.
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.
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India aims for 500,000 foreign students by 2047
The PIE News
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Reacting to the comments, AIU joint secretary Kuldeep Dagar told The PIE News that the association is working in line with the ambitions of the think tank, as per the National Education Policy. “The 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
. “The emphasis on quality education through PM Schools for Rising India and the Skill India Mission’s success in training 14 million youth underscore India’s commitment to preparing its students for global opportunities,” stated Manisha Zaveri, joint managing director, Career Mosaic. this year.
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Why not HE? The reasons those from under-represented backgrounds decide against university
SRHE
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Moreover, compared with their A-level counterparts, a noticeably smaller proportion of those on what are sometimes referred to as ‘vocational courses’ go onto higher-level study (Baldwin et al, 2020). Higher Education Policy Institute Report 140, [link] , 17-23. GOV.UK (2022a) Academic year 2020/21.
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. However, only 29% of Hispanic students and 14% of Black students had the same.
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Lifting As They Climb
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Janelle Scott, a professor in the School of Education and African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. and Mary Catherine Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities, and is the chair of the Race, Diversity, and Educational Policy Cluster of the Othering and Belonging Institute.
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India an international education “sweet spot” until 2050s
The PIE News
APRIL 25, 2023
“We need to educate and skill fast as we can, we can’t wait for a decade to build brick-and-mortar universities like we have in the past,” he said, in an apparent step away from the National Education Policy from 2020 – which opened opportunities for international universities to build campuses in the country. “We
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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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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. She continues to serve on a number of national and regional higher education advisory and policy groups, including for London Higher.
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India seeks to simplify int’l student journey with one-stop portal
The PIE News
AUGUST 9, 2023
. “The SII Portal, a one-stop platform, will simplify a student’s academic journey in India,” said Dharmendra Pradhan, India’s minister of education. On August 3 at parliament house in New Delhi, government officials came together to launch the portal.
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.
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10 points to note on today’s report on student accommodation costs – By Nick Hillman
HEPI
OCTOBER 26, 2023
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. The Robbins Report is as interesting on student accommodation as it is on almost everything else.
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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
Although a growing number of universities, including Johns Hopkins University, Amherst College, and, recently, Carleton College, have opted out of legacy admissions, the practice is still widely utilized in higher education, especially by elite schools. Nearly 800 institutions reported providing a legacy preference in 2020.
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).
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Mapping Transfer Pathways: How Data and Equitable Admissions Policies can Support Transfer Student Success
IHEP
DECEMBER 20, 2021
The Institute for Higher Education Policy. The most important door that will ever open: Realizing the mission of higher education through equitable admission policies. The Institute for Higher Education Policy. Race and ethnicity in higher education: A status report. American Council on Education.
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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. Economics of Higher Education Colleges and universities tend to seek applicants with good grades and other achievements.
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An Urgent Solution Required: Too Many Guns are Killing Too Many of our Children.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 25, 2023
Dr. Cheron Davis In 2020, gun violence was reported to be the leading cause of childhood death , with death rates having more than doubled since then. Are the current oppressive educational policies (i.e., Politicians. I don’t recall reading a book as having ever killed a child.
Gypsy, Roma, Traveller: living as an outcast
HEPI
FEBRUARY 5, 2023
.” According to the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) report, between 2020 and 2021, there were only 30 students from GRT backgrounds registered at the UK’s top-tier universities, out of a population of over half million GRT people.
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Australian TNE looks to India as countries recognise qualifications
The PIE News
MARCH 6, 2023
“In keeping with the vision of the National Education Policy, we’ve also established the Indian Network of International Higher Education and collaboration portal to facilitate student mobility through mutual recognition of qualifications,” he said.
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SRHE Digital University: what’s on in 2023
SRHE
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
She is especially interested in the relationship between the digital economy and the higher education sector; and in digitalisation, datafication and platformisation of knowledge production and dissemination. Janja is published internationally on higher education policy, markets and education technology.
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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.
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The Robbins Review – Lessons for the Future by Professor Huw Morris
HEPI
OCTOBER 22, 2023
The review made a series of recommendations which have provided a reference point for comment on UK Government higher education policy ever since. This article looks back at the report and considers what the lessons might be for politicians, officials and higher education leaders contemplating a future review. and Thomas, D.
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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
The first 30 polytechnics were the result of two higher education policies launched by the Labour Government that came to power in 1964. These policies emerged from an ever-increasing demand for vocational, professional and industry-based expertise. Polytechnics – set-up and beginnings. The legacy of polytechnics.
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. For example, Washington, D.C.,
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India: UGC releases draft IBC regulations
The PIE News
JANUARY 6, 2023
” The initial National Education Policy 2020 had planned to allow top 100 universities to operate in India, and has attracted some interest. . “It will enable Indian students to get foreign qualification at an affordable cost beside making India an attractive global study destination.”
International graduates find employers need more information on the Graduate Route visa?
HEPI
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
The challenges reported by research participants in securing employment echo the recent findings by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and Kaplan working with the Institute of Directors , which found that 27% of employers were unfamiliar with the Graduate Route visa and, concerningly, 20% would not consider using it.
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UK Doctoral Program Presents Inaugural INSIGHT Into Diversity Champion Award
Insight Into Diversity
APRIL 18, 2023
His advisor in the program, Kayla Johnson, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation, says Cummings is the “epitome of a champion.” Improving education, specifically for marginalized students, is his passion. We are poised to make our impact in DEI,” Cummings says.
Honoring a Father's Diversity Legacy in Higher Ed
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 6, 2023
He was the first Latinx person to be named president of a community college, a founder and member-at-large of the Arizona Minority Education Policy Analysis Center at the Commission for Postsecondary Education, and a founding board member of the American Association of Hispanics in Education. Alfredo de los Santos Jr.’s
Sports betting contracts should be rethought (opinion)
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Over the past four years, some higher education officials and politicians have pushed back: for example, in 2020, a group of university presidents and athletic directors in Massachusetts testified before the state Legislature with the strong recommendation not to legalize college sports betting in Massachusetts.
Oberlin's board seeks to limit faculty power
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 7, 2022
More than 100 unionized cafeteria and custodial staff members were outsourced in 2020. Nonunionized employees also now have a mandatory high-deductible consumer-driven health plan instead of a preferred provider organization plan option.
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The Value of Higher Education in Developed Economies
HEPI
JANUARY 24, 2024
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. It is an argument I have heard many times throughout the two decades that I have worked in higher education policy and politics. Our job must be to examine the evidence.
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