Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 9, 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? Listen to this episode here , and find out more about The Key here. Ad keywords: forprofit Is this diversity newsletter?

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HEPI

MARCH 14, 2024

Stand Alone has announced its closure and its higher education work is coming to an end. Will the sector continue to advocate for estranged students and drive policy change? Quickly Stand Alone understood that ‘estrangement’ was unrecognised as a barrier to higher education. And they called on Stand Alone to help.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The June 29, 2023, Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action abruptly ended race-conscious admissions practices in higher education, eroding nearly 50 years of precedent. Ellis The National Council of Churches vehemently opposed the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action in college admissions.

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HEPI

AUGUST 1, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for the HEPI 20th Anniversary Collection by Roger Brown, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Policy and former Vice-Chancellor of Southampton Solent University. By the start of the twenty-first century though, that had changed and there was a role for a specialist higher education think tank.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2023

Supreme Court is expected to deliver a devastating verdict to advocates of affirmative action. Now, Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce has released a report on the potential impacts of the decision and how higher ed and governments can react.

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AACC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

September 23, 2022 | Issue # 220 This week, 73 community college representatives were in Washington, DC, for AACC’s Advocates in Action meeting. They also gained insight into how Washington formulates higher education policy. These meeting participants heard from lobbyists, Capitol Hill staff, AACC staff, and more.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

In a precedent-setting career in higher education, the late Dr. Alfredo de los Santos Jr. brought innovation, excellence, and inclusion to community colleges. His own journey in higher education began at Laredo Junior College. from the Community College Leadership Program. Roueche, executive director, John E.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Image: Campus and faculty leaders in the California Community College system are eagerly anticipating the selection of a new chancellor this week. Meanwhile, the system, like community colleges across the country, experienced significant enrollment declines during the pandemic. “We had a very strong pool,” she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

College students have been shown to be likelier to pass courses with race-matched instructors, likelier to receive higher grades in those courses, and likelier to persist in school. Griffin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. Gershenson advocated for additional guest speakers of color.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Making Higher Education Work for All Students A Conversation With Becky Takeda-Tinker, President, Colorado State University Global bridget Thu, 09/14/2023 - 06:00 Higher Ed Leadership Remote Learning Weekly Wisdom Online learning became a critical component for many institutions during COVID. He never could stay in class.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Supreme Court’s decision to strike affirmative action, there are still ways to get diverse student populations into higher ed, experts and scholars said at a webinar hosted this week by California student success organization The Campaign for College Opportunity. And I don't think that that is the implication of this decision."

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Image: After years of lobbying, the so-called 90-10 loophole that advocates argued encouraged some for-profit institutions to aggressively recruit military service members and veterans is closing under final regulations effective July 1 that were announced Thursday.

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IHEP

APRIL 5, 2023

It’s also when college access and success advocates step up efforts to ensure the programs that improve college affordability and student outcomes get the support they need. President Biden’s FY24 budget proposal included several much-needed increases in higher education funding.

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ACPA

JANUARY 17, 2024

Dr. Pruitt -Logan’s career of contribution to higher education began at Howard University in 1950 as Resident Intern and Women’s Counselor. She later held the positions of Dean of Women and Dean of Students at Albany State College in Georgia and in a similar position at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee.

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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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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As the work of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) in higher education has expanded, several institutions have recognized the need to create a clearer and more comprehensive pathway for individuals interested in serving as DEI advocates and leaders.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 30, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Policy More than 80 percent of U.S. colleges and universities do not require applicants to take standardized tests like the SAT or the ACT. That proportion of institutions with test-optional policies has more than doubled since the spring of 2020. That includes the entire University of California system.

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The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

With challenges to undocumented and trans individuals rights, increasing college costs , and tensions around sexual assault response on campus , figuring out why public policy is important doesn’t take long. Student affairs professionals are among higher education’s best advocates for change.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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HEPI

MARCH 7, 2023

I jumped at the chance to speak to London Higher in part because I am an alumnus of our host institution, having studied here at the end of the last century when Queen Mary University of London / QMUL was known as QMWC or Queen Mary and Westfield College. I am also lucky to be an Honorary Fellow of this institution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

Department of Education works to fix the broken system, it’s time for community college leaders to remind Americans that these important institutions exist. All is not lost if only we embrace the expansive and flexible opportunities offered by our community colleges. While the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: The Education Department is planning to use undercover agents—known as “secret shoppers”—to monitor colleges and universities that receive federal financial aid for potentially deceptive practices. The department’s decision to use secret shoppers is “four decades overdue,” he said.

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University Business

JULY 6, 2023

Across the country, new education policies took effect on July 1st, the beginning of the new fiscal year in most states. A handful of them tackle some of the most pressing issues K12 and higher education leaders face today, including school safety and inclusion. The post New education laws took effect this month.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Biden administration officials, institutional leaders, researchers, advocates, and students gathered in Washington D.C. Wednesday for the National Summit on Equal Opportunity in Higher Education to plot next steps after the Supreme Court’s decision against race-conscious admissions. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 10, 2023

Department of Education hoped the “listening sessions” they arranged this week would provide consensus on whether to stop letting colleges pay outside companies a share of tuition revenue when they help recruit students, they were surely disappointed. Image: If officials at the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Image: The Florida Department of Education and the chancellor of the State University System of Florida gathered the leaders of nearly 40 state institutions in Tallahassee Dec. Inside Higher Ed contacted more than 20 colleges and universities seeking details about last week’s meeting.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

Image: Nearly a decade after the Obama administration broached the idea of rating colleges and universities, the Biden administration is ready to take another crack at the historically fraught concept. The Obama administration didn’t end up rating institutions after opposition from higher education groups and others.)

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Liberty Jacket is one of at least a dozen conservative or right-leaning student newspapers that have launched on college campuses since the beginning of 2020. colleges that trains young people to become conservative leaders. ” Alex DiBranco, a Yale Ph.D.

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The PIE News

JULY 26, 2023

Now we have the facts to substantiate what higher education officials have often reported: that it is harder for students in certain countries to acquire visas than in other countries. The inability to secure a visa should never stand in the way of qualified students being able to pursue a US educational degree. Institute of Peace.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: As recently as 2015, the University of Phoenix enrolled more than 400,000 learners, making it not only the center of the for-profit higher education universe but the biggest university in the United States by far. Phoenix wasn’t just synonymous with for-profit higher education.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 5, 2023

In response to relentless anti-DEI measures, over 200 former college, university, and system heads have joined forces as the Champions of Higher Education coalition, an initiative created by PEN America , an organization that unites writers and their allies to celebrate free expression and defend the liberties that make it possible.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Supreme Court, the Education Department is working on a more far-reaching and costly plan to overhaul how people pay back their loans. Over all, experts say this plan has the potential to remake how higher education is financed in America—though that depends on whether borrowers take advantage of it.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Policy Last week, I wrote about the 2022 year-end omnibus bill and connected with Rebecca Natow on Twitter. Rebecca is assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at Hofstra University. Q: Rebecca, thanks so much for joining me at the “Higher Ed Policy” blog at Inside Higher Ed.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

This has significant consequences for higher education policy. Understanding these consequences can help college leaders prepare for the next two years. The administration was unable to make community college tuition-free nationwide, a key policy of Biden’s presidential campaign.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Image: Key federal lawmakers on education and appropriations committees in the House and Senate will likely be re-elected this November, but their decision-making power will depend on which party takes control of either chamber. Department of Education. Some think Democrats have a chance to hold the House.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 7, 2023

Drumm McNaughton A lot has been happening up on The Hill that affects higher education. A lot has been happening up on The Hill that affects higher education. A lot has been happening up on The Hill that affects higher education. This is a stepping stone to get to NIST 800-171.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 9, 2023

Image: Representative Virginia Foxx is planning to leverage the decline in public perception of higher education to usher in a new era of stronger accountability for the nation’s colleges and universities in her role as chairwoman of the House education committee.

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