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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Aus scholarships and partnerships in India

The PIE News

A new scholarship program for talented young Indian researchers, four university partnerships and an India-Australia education plan have all been unveiled as high-profile leaders met in India this week. You can do it here in India and the two Australian campuses in GIFT City are great examples of that,” he said.

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Germany: international first-years fill demographic decline

The PIE News

German universities can expect international first-year students to offset stagnating or even further declining numbers of first semester German students by 2026, new analysis has suggested. The Bavarian Higher Education Innovation Act allows universities to decide whether to introduce tuition fees for international students.

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Shifts, shocks, fragility: are English universities on a sustainable course? By John Raftery

HEPI

For example, take the pace at which the English population can acquire higher education and skills. Many of the UK’s competitors have systems of higher education where the time taken to achieve a Bachelor’s level is much slower, which itself is a problem for them. The power of the student voice has been amplified.

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New funding models explored as UK HEIs “running out of road”

The PIE News

Stakeholders in UK higher education are exploring a range of potential funding models for undergraduate education, against a backdrop of financial sustainability concerns, course cuts and redundancies for higher education institutions. “Higher education institutions across the UK are under financial strain.

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A People's History of Higher Education in the US?

Higher Education Inquirer

The History of Higher Education in the US over the last 4 centuries is worse than horrible--from a People's perspective. In 2026 we expect an enrollment cliff to occur, a ripple effect of the 2008 Great Recession. There is a growing educated underclass, people who are working but are not working in areas that they had hoped for.

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General election 2024: Higher education fees and funding

HEPI

The logic of fees Whether we like it or not, there is one higher education issue that tends to bestride all the others at general elections, and that is tuition fees. Moreover, higher education finance is a devolved matter. In many ways, that is an odd fact.