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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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Dr. Matthew P. vandenBerg Appointed President of Ohio Wesleyan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

vandenBerg is currently president of Presbyterian College. in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania; a Master of Public Affairs with concentrations in nonprofit management and public policy analysis from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs; and a B.A.

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HACU and FBI Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Increase Collaboration and Promote FBI Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and the FBI have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), agreeing to encourage more collaboration. Flores Per the agreement, the FBI will inform HACU about FBI internships, programs, and hiring opportunities open to college students and recent graduates. Dr. Antonio R.

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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. They’re less likely to have consistent office space on campus.

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Why not HE? The reasons those from under-represented backgrounds decide against university

SRHE

Efforts to widen higher education access have tended to focus on the provision of information and supportto those from under-represented backgrounds. For context, progression rates are generally lower from FE colleges than sixth forms. Higher Education Policy Institute Report 140, [link] , 17-23.