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It’s time for universities to take the lead on economic growth

Wonkhe

If the economy doesn't grow universities are going to be forever arguing for their slice of an ever shrinking pie.

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It Makes a Difference When Teachers Care

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on November 30, 2015 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! That’s not a new finding, and it’s something most instructors already know, but it’s the size of the difference that’s often underestimated. Two recent studies, both asking different research questions and using different methodologies, offer still more evidence that the relationship between teachers and students is an integr

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Our job is self-actualisation. Or is it?

Wonkhe

Do big cross-subsidies make individuals not on the receiving end of help resentful? Jim Dickinson debates whose job the bottom end of Maslow is Do big cross-subsidies make individuals not on the receiving end of help resentful?

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Agnes Flues obituary

The Guardian - Higher Education

My friend Agnes Flues, who has died suddenly aged 42, was a courageous and principled trade unionist. She was branch president of the University and College Union (UCU) at Nottingham University from 2020 to the summer of 2023, when she relinquished the position following her election to the union’s national executive committee. During her time as branch president, Agnes led local strike action to challenge (successfully) harmful changes to the pension scheme.

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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Professional services staff should have a voice in policy engagement

Wonkhe

Claire Toogood, Claire Hudson and Jo Jenkins explain why getting involved with policy-making is not just a matter for academics or policy engagement specialists

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It Makes a Difference When Teachers Care

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on November 30, 2015 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! That’s not a new finding, and it’s something most instructors already know, but it’s the size of the difference that’s often underestimated. Two recent studies, both asking different research questions and using different methodologies, offer still more evidence that the relationship between teachers and students is an integr

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$40m housing project planned for international students in South Carolina

The PIE News

According to a report by WBTW News 13, the project is being designed to provide housing for international students in light of the region’s seasonal housing shortages, which directly impact its tourism-driven economy. Located on Mr. Joe White Avenue, the development’s first building is expected to be completed by April 2025. When fully completed, the facility will consist of five buildings that can house up to 1,572 international students.

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Competency-Based Education and the Consequences of Punching the Ticket in Record Time

Higher Education Inquirer

Competency-based education (CBE) is one way for consumers to save time and money when a professional credential is necessary for employment and promotion. It allows busy adult learners to avoid the boredom of being taught things they already know through experience and prior training. And it can be less costly, at least in the short run. For employers, it can get more people into the labor pool.

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Scholars Gather at ASHE Conference to Explore Future of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As higher education continues to shift and change, scholars who study the field convened in Minneapolis last week to share their scholarship and to strategize about best practices, particularly aimed at making colleges and universities more equitable and diverse. Sailesh Maharjan, a lecturer and mental health first aid trainer at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), wasn’t quite sure he would fit in at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)

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Will College Pay Off in 2025?

Higher Education Inquirer

Will college pay off for you, the student/consumer/worker? This is a question that folks have been asking for years. The short but honest answer is that it depends on who you are and what you do with the resources you have. And it depends on what you consider success. In 2017, we co-authored a video called the College Meltdown. At the time, it may have been considered hyperbolic and cynical.

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A post-compulsory education system which works for all

HEPI

Chris Husbands is a Director of Higher Futures and was formerly Vice-Chancellor at Sheffield Hallam University. David Hughes is Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges. T his blog is adapted from FE-HE collaboration to support a place , written by the same authors originally for the Kerslake Collection , a series of essays collated by the UPP Foundation on the theme of the Civic University.

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Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) on Senate Bill 5384: "Returning Education to Our States Act"

Higher Education Inquirer

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D has introduced the Returning Education to Our States Act ( Senate Bill 5384 ) to eliminate the US Department of Education and “redistribute all critical functions under other departments.” The Bill was referred to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on November 21, 2024, but currently has no co-sponsors.

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The Admissions Game

Higher Education Inquirer

History and Structure of Selective Admissions Folks are not privy to the inner workings of admissions, especially at elite and brand name schools. The College Admissions Scandal (aka Varsity Blues) gave us a small window into this structure, but that story will soon be forgotten. And it only touched the surface of how the system works for some and not for others.