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The #RealCollege Curriculum Masterclass Prepares Faculty and Staff to Holistically Support Student Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Believe in Students , a national nonprofit organization founded by Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab, is providing faculty, staff and managers with actionable strategies to address college students’ basic needs. “How the new majority of students attends and experiences higher education is poorly understood by the American public and constantly given short shrift by mainstream media,” said Goldrick-Rab.

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DfE to stop grading English schools based on proportion of Russell Group students

The Guardian - Higher Education

Updated accountability measures aim to get school leavers to look at wider range of institutions and vocational options The government will no longer measure schools in England on how many of their students go to Russell Group or Oxbridge universities, in an effort to encourage school leavers towards a wider range of universities and vocational options.

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The Sublimity of Asynchrony

Inside Higher Ed

The tenants of teaching and learning – formative assessment, discussion and teacher feedback – are as present in asynchronous online settings as in-person ones. Robert Zaretsky, in his recent article “The Absurdity of Asynchrony" (Oct.

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Scientific research needs robust government backing, not Treasury penny-pinching | Andre Geim and Nancy Rothwell

The Guardian - Higher Education

Research and development is an investment, not a cost, and if the UK is to maintain its world-leading position it must commit to long-term funding The research sector has been a consistent, if sometimes undervalued, UK success story, with countless examples of breakthroughs that have transformed our understanding of the world and the way we live in it, and contributed significantly to our health and wealth.

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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.