Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

Now, new research—one of the largest educational studies ever performed—has revealed both the power and the limits of these programs: direct admissions led to more students applying to college, but it did not mean that more of them would actually enroll. Non-first-generation students were 2.5 points likelier to apply, compared to 3.2

Educational Policy 97

Educational Policy Disadvantaged Schooling Scholarship 97

SRHE

MAY 11, 2023

By Rachel Brooks How healthy is the area of higher education studies? Scholars have noted: the frequent absence of theory and short-term focus of such research ; the proximity of researchers to policy-makers which, it is argued, can make critical distance hard to achieve ; and the fragmentation of the field.

Higher Education 56

Higher Education Education Arts And Sciences Policy 56

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: When the Taliban banned women from pursuing higher education, they did not simultaneously extinguish half their citizens’ educational ambitions. Akram followed through, was accepted and was offered a $20,000 scholarship. Students are charged a $60 application fee and a $120 assessment fee at the end of each course.

University 103

University Model Higher Education Scholarship 103

Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Faculty members who voted against the new rule have cited a variety of concerns, including those about equity and inclusion and whether a committee composed exclusively of senior professors will sufficiently value emerging areas and modes of scholarship. The university referred questions about the new policy to Wong.

Faculty 107

Faculty Scholarship Inclusivity Policy 107

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. OPMs inject for-profit practices and incentives into nonprofit higher education.

Guidance 96

Guidance Recruitment Advocate Policy 96