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A Premier League success story? Why global higher education is critical to our diverse local economies and communities in the UK

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This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Paul Angrave , Associate Director of Public Affairs at the University of Leicester. Few would argue with the statements above, least not me as those who know me would testify, but the same could be said of UK higher education. billion a year. billion in global TV exports.

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Higher Ed’s Chief Lobbyist, Unplugged: The Key

Inside Higher Ed

He retired this winter after 30 years as senior vice president for government and public affairs at ACE, the higher ed association that tries to present a coherent front in advocating for higher education. Listen to this episode here , and find out more about The Key here. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Griffin, associate professor of higher education and student affairs at the University of Maryland “Our country is diversifying quickly,” she said. These obstacles include everything from discriminatory funding of public schools to personal biases. Gershenson advocated for additional guest speakers of color.

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What role will higher education play in the next general election?

HEPI

In a closing members’ discussion, we noted that higher education is connected to all of the big political topics of our moment, but rarely seems to be acknowledged by politicians as such. Either way, we inevitably found ourselves wondering what role higher education will play in these parties’ campaigns – if any.

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Museums and College Campuses as Community Hubs and Cultural Centers

Inside Higher Ed

But just as teaching and administering a college provided Weiss with training that proved invaluable in running the Met, so, too, presiding over a major museum taught him lessons that higher education ought to embrace. Even the most elite and exclusive institutions fail to connect to the public at their peril.

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