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Higher Ed’s Chief Lobbyist, Unplugged: The Key

Inside Higher Ed

Hartle had a front-row seat for just about every important federal policy discussion that affected colleges, their students and their employees. Listen to this episode here , and find out more about The Key here. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education. “All of those intersectionalities opened my eyes to a lot of inequity in higher education,” Mora said.

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?Five steps UCAS is taking to reform the undergraduate admissions process

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Kim Eccleston, Head of Strategy and Reform – Strategy, Policy and Public Affairs, at UCA S. million students to explore opportunities and over 700,000 students from 200 countries and territories around the world to apply to higher education in the UK. What are we doing?

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Museums and College Campuses as Community Hubs and Cultural Centers

Inside Higher Ed

Although Weiss had never run a museum, his background as an art historian specializing in the European Middle Ages and as president of a small liberal arts college, Haverford, proved to be valuable preparation for his job. Colleges and universities don’t inhabit an ivory tower.

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Record bond measures, higher ed policy on states' ballots

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Arizona voters will decide next month whether to allow undocumented students in the state to receive in-state tuition—one of three statewide measures on the ballot this November related to higher education. Harnisch said Arizona’s Proposition 308 is “the marquee higher education ballot measure this year.”

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Central European University’s Complicated Legal Geographies

GlobalHigherEd

The United States will continue to advocate for its independence and unhindered operation in Hungary. It will set a precedent that will prevent higher education from flourishing. Violation of the freedom of academic research, studies and education. Hungarian relationship for 26 years.