Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 5, 2024

Florida A&M University (FAMU) received a $237.75 million gift from the Issac Batterson 7th Family Trust and Chief Executive Officer Gregory Gerami to support student success initiatives and athletics. Gregory Gerami University officials at the historically Black university noted that the donation is nearly double the size of the FAMU Endowment value - $121 million - and represents one of the largest single personal donations to a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). " This gift

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MAY 5, 2024

Academics warn loss of higher education arts and humanities courses will harm understanding of racism and imperial history Cuts to arts and humanities subjects within higher education will have damaging implications for our understanding of race and colonialism, academics have warned. Petitions have been launched to save anthropology at Kent University, where the subject has come under threat of closure, while Oxford Brookes confirmed the closure of its music programme earlier this year.

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The PIE News

MAY 5, 2024

Scotland’s current political turmoil and dragging feet around its new international education strategy has been frustrating the body representing its universities. Speaking during a panel on regional approaches to international strategies in the UK, Universities Scotland senior policy officer David Donaldson said commitments from the Scottish government needed to be honoured in an uncertain time.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MAY 5, 2024

Pro-Palestine protesters hope encampments at universities will contribute to an ‘international student revolt’ Students across Britain have said they hope pro-Palestine protests will reach the same scale as those seen on US campuses as they call for universities to divest from companies supplying arms to Israel. Protests have spread across university campuses in Sheffield, Bristol and Leeds, after a crackdown in the US on protests, which led to mass arrests of students and staff.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MAY 5, 2024

Wells College, in New York, announced Monday that it will close at the end of the spring term. The private nonprofit institution said it has faced prolonged financial distress that it was unable to address through fundraising or other measures. Wells also cited demographic challenges, the pandemic, inflation and “an overall negative sentiment towards higher education.

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The PIE News

MAY 5, 2024

A leading homestay and hosted accommodation provider working across Australasia is looking to solve a shortage in housing for international students as it seeks backing from investment banks in the region. MyStay International, which is the owner of the Australian Homestay Network, appointed investment banking veteran Ed Slade who heads up education-focused Schoolhouse Solutions earlier this year to rally interest in the homestay sector.

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College Viability

MAY 5, 2024

Use the link below to compare how many bachelor and masters students graduate from private colleges in Pennsylvania.

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