Wonkhe
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Public First's Jess Lister presents new polling that shows higher education funding reform is not at the top of voters' shopping lists The post Polling shows that Starmer was right to scrap the fee pledge appeared first on Wonkhe.
The Guardian - Higher Education
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Partnership between Glasgow University and University of the West Indies was established as part of a reparative justice programme The world’s first master’s degree in reparatory justice has been launched by Glasgow University, in partnership with the University of the West Indies (UWI), as the global campaign for financial reparations for transatlantic slavery gathers momentum.
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Wonkhe
OCTOBER 8, 2023
We've long seen a person's education level as a political dividing line in modern Britain. David Kernohan digs into Public First data to see what this means for opinions on education policy The post Are opinions about university funding shaped by education? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Exam blueprints are a teaching tool that is still shrouded in controversy. While some educators swear by their effectiveness, others argue that they limit creativity and could potentially facilitate cheating. The debate, however, often overlooks one crucial aspect: What do the students think? In anatomy courses, particularly those in professional programs, the stakes are high.
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Arif Ahmed, OfS director for freedom of speech and academic freedom says he has no interest in culture wars. Debbie McVitty wonders whether the regulator can realistically be neutral The post Maintaining impartiality on free speech could be the Office for Students’ biggest regulatory challenge yet appeared first on Wonkhe.
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Exam blueprints are a teaching tool that is still shrouded in controversy. While some educators swear by their effectiveness, others argue that they limit creativity and could potentially facilitate cheating. The debate, however, often overlooks one crucial aspect: What do the students think? In anatomy courses, particularly those in professional programs, the stakes are high.
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 8, 2023
University communities must work through new requirements to secure and promote freedom of speech in a scholarly way, argues Shitij Kapur The post Securing and promoting freedom of speech is a responsibility universities take seriously appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Economics and Change in Higher Education
OCTOBER 8, 2023
The financial woes facing higher education continue to spread, evidenced by several colleges and universities recently announcing they would be forced to cut their budgets to regain fiscal stability and in some cases to remain open. The latest revelations come from both public and private colleges, small and large institutions, and they are occurring in several regions of the country, another indication that higher education’s financial precarity is not limited to any one kind of school.
The Guardian - Higher Education
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Arif Ahmed pledges to remain politically neutral in his role and to ensure academic freedoms are maintained England’s newly appointed university free speech tsar says his role is not to conduct “culture wars” and has pledged to be politically neutral in his efforts to combat threats to academic freedom. Arif Ahmed, a former philosophy professor at Cambridge University, said he would measure his success or failure by surveys of students and by the number of complaints made under procedures being
University Business
OCTOBER 8, 2023
The national narrative around college loans often centers on the debt burden. It’s one we’ve heard all before: The six-figure sums still owed, the houses that people can’t afford to buy because their monthly loan payments are so high and the overall drag on the economy stemming from an outstanding loan balance of $1.7 trillion. But while many advocates for students bemoan the college loan situation, they’re missing the point.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Penn State’s Office of Government and Community Relations is encouraging all Penn Staters to speak up and voice support Penn State’s 2023-24 state appropriation, which is now more than three months past due. The advocacy campaign through Advocate Penn State urges support for the 7.1% funding increase proposed by Gov. Josh Shapiro in his inaugural budget.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 8, 2023
A recent guest essay in the New York Times , “ The Worst People Run for Office. It’s Time for a Better Way ” made a seemingly radical suggestion—improve our democracy by doing away with elections and choosing our leaders randomly. Could this actually work? Two kinds of evidence speak to that question: experience and experiments. Dr. Sandra Peart Although not many examples of randomized leadership exist, it has been tried and found effective.
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