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This report plays devil’s advocate to the momentum on test-optional policies

University Business

After studying first-year Ivy-Plus students’ admissions records and grades between 2017 and 2022, Opportunity Insights found that student’s test scores are a far more significant predictor of collegiate success than their high school GPA. It presented three different data-driven arguments defending its stance. .

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Bill to Codify Postsecondary Student Success Grants Met with Support and Criticism from Scholars and Advocates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Although the effort has received support generally, some higher ed scholars and advocates have levied some criticisms and concerns about it. Legislators are looking to enshrine the Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) program, a student outcomes-centered federal effort, into law through new legislation this March.

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One Year Later, HBCU Advocates Call for Justice for Bomb Threats

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By the end of February 2022, more than 50 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the U.S. In September 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced they had identified a primary suspect—a minor, whose juvenile status would likely shield them from federal prosecution or charges.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In January 2022, an additional $198 million in ARP funds went to support primarily community colleges and other high-need institutions so they could address students’ basic needs. Additionally, the Pell Grant maximum increased from $6,495 to $6,895 for the 2022-23 academic year. 2022 Arthur Ashe Jr. Supreme Court News U.S.

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Higher ed’s worst free speech offenders of 2022

University Business

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Freedom (FIRE) distinguished the colleges who most egregiously botched a faculty or student organization’s right to tenants that align with free speech in 2022. Let’s take a look at who FIRE identified as the worst offenders of the first amendment in 2022.

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Australia maintains age limit of 50 for post-PhD work visas 

The PIE News

We have advocated for international graduates and argued against this proposed policy on max age cap reduction.” According to the Group of Eight , in 2022, 40% of international PhD students in Australia were aged 30 or older, making many of them ineligible for a visa by the time they had their PhD conferred under the proposed legislation.

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2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

In 2022, we reemerged from the challenges of COVID. Data from fall 2022 show that: Founding UIA institutions have produced over 118,500 additional degrees above baseline projections and are on track to double their 68,000 degree goal by 2025. Our board, staff, and network convened in person for the first time in three years.

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