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Can the HE sector just carry on as it is now??

HEPI

I have visited many times before of course, perhaps most notably for a debate hosted by some of your students in which I defended the current tuition fee system against the (then) Labour politician Chris Williamson. It is a great pleasure to be back at Lancaster University. You have given me a lengthy list of issues to cover.

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Australia asks universities to show they merit the title

Inside Higher Ed

This comes at a time when COVID-19 has undermined the international education revenue universities use to finance their research, with regional institutions particularly affected, while the “job-ready graduates” reforms have removed their ability to cross-subsidize research from domestic teaching grants.

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Institutional Accreditation is in Dire Need of Change: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 144 With Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton And Guest Ralph Wolff

The Change Leader, Inc.

And with an increasingly high number of professional accrediting bodies now touching and impacting many colleges and universities, now is the time for higher ed leaders to strive to support and understand how accreditation can improve overall to strengthen post-secondary education even more.

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Florida's college presidents stay silent on major reforms

Inside Higher Ed

Image: As Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, seeks to enact sweeping reforms to dramatically reshape higher education in the Sunshine State, students and faculty alike have protested legislation that would ban teaching certain topics, limit institutional authority and undermine tenure protections.

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DeSantis puts into action his plan to end "woke activism"

Inside Higher Ed

First the Republican governor announced plans to defund diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at state colleges and universities. DeSantis, now in his second term, launched the opening act on Tuesday when he announced promised higher education reforms.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

Hank Reichman, co-author and co-chair of AAUP joins the Changing Higher Ed podcast to discuss the report and provides details about Governor DeSantis’s legislative efforts to control what can be taught, how it’s taught, and who teaches, particularly attacking faculty rights and tenure.