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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Aus scholarships and partnerships in India

The PIE News

Clare said the Maitri scholarship launch was “a key outcome of today’s meeting of the Australia India Education and Skills Council” “The program will strengthen our education partnership with India by giving some of its brightest young researchers the opportunity to study at our world class universities,” he added.

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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. TU München in Bavaria said it would begin charging non-EU students fees from the 2024/25 winter semester.

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

HEPI

It was a clear indication of the shift in direction in education policy when the preparations for the new regulatory approach involved consultations, not with the universities but with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the National Audit Office. [2] By how much will a university’s costs have increased in that time?

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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.

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

Higher Education Inquirer

In 2026 we expect an enrollment cliff to occur, a ripple effect of the 2008 Great Recession. White supremacy and anti-intellectualism have regained popularity, with the higher education policies of Ron DeSantis in Florida, Greg Abbott in Texas, and Sarah Huckabee-Sanders in Arkansas.

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General election 2024: Higher education fees and funding

HEPI

For example, Liz Smith MSP, the Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, has just told The Herald that new policy options should be considered in Scotland, including a graduate endowment. But crucially, higher education policy was not devolved in the way it is now back in those days.