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International students are surely a UK success story

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International and transnational education bring cultural, economic and reputational benefits to the UK. Wendy Thomson asks why the government isn’t over the moon The post International students are surely a UK success story appeared first on Wonkhe.

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New York Christian university fires two staff for including pronouns in emails – reports

The Guardian - Higher Education

Former employees at Houghton University say administrators claimed pronouns in signatures violated new school policy A New York Christian university terminated two employees for putting pronouns in their respective email signatures, these former workers allege, according to reports. Raegan Zelaya and Shua Wilmot, who were residence hall directors at Houghton University, said that administrators told them to take the words “she/her” and “he/him” off of their email signatures.

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Reflecting on a decade of higher education policy and politics – and looking ahead

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A tumultuous ten years in UK politics has shaped the higher education landscape, for better or worse. Alistair Jarvis looks for lessons learned The post Reflecting on a decade of higher education policy and politics – and looking ahead appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Labour’s top team pushes Starmer to replace tuition fees with graduate tax

The Guardian - Higher Education

Labour leader advised to create a fairer system in the form of maintenance grants Keir Starmer is being urged by shadow cabinet figures to replace tuition fees in England with a graduate tax, amid growing concern that the finances of universities are becoming unsustainable under the current system. An injection of cash in the form of maintenance grants to the poorest students is also backed by some of the Labour leader’s top team as a way of ensuring students are not put off by the increasing li

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Tuition Discount Rates Hit New High - Josh Moody, Inside Higher Ed

Economics and Change in Higher Education

The average tuition discount at private nonprofit colleges once again hit a record high, according to a new National Association of College and University Business Officers study released this week. A NACUBO press release noted that “the awards were, on average, the largest yet.” The average institutional tuition discount rate was 56.2 percent for first-time, full-time freshmen for the 2022–23 academic year, and 50.9 percent for all undergraduates, according to early projections from NACUBO’s an

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Bill Gates Was Just Asked About A.I. This Is the Biggest Reason His Answer Should Worry You - Jason Aton, Inc.

Economics and Change in Higher Education

It came in this exchange, which aired on Good Morning America: Jarvis: "You've got a fake image of the Pope, fake images of President Joe Biden. At some point, if those proliferate at a much greater scale, won't that confuse people about what the truth is?" Gates: "You're gonna have to say, 'Where did this come from?'" Jarvis: "And whose responsibility is that--each person's?

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