Wonkhe

JANUARY 20, 2024

Shân Wareing calls on the higher education sector to make sure MPs appreciate the public consequences of a decline in international students The post Policymakers need to realise that financial turbulence in higher education will hurt the whole nation appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2024

COMMEMORATION On November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law, designating the third Monday in January as a federal holiday in observance of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The late Congressman John Lewis, who fought alongside King in the Civil Rights Movement, proposed the initiative of making King's holiday “a day on, not a day off” in 1994.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 20, 2024

Is "partnership" with students an unaffordable luxury for them and their university in an age of HE austerity and massified standardisation? Jim Dickinson is off for a Twix The post There are too many student reps in this country. And also not enough appeared first on Wonkhe.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2024

Recently, it has felt like higher education IT departments have a revolving front door. Employees are lured away from colleges and universities to the private sector, drawn by attractive compensation packages and the ability to work remotely, taking on a new job without the burden of relocation. This exodus is particularly problematic because IT department employees often leave behind a complex web of credentials, licenses and data — elements that, if mishandled, could compromise institutional i

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2024

The University of Arizona will not be cutting any sports spending as it tries to recover from a $240 million shortfall. In an update on Thursday, UA athletics director Dave Heeke outlined the department's plans to make up for revenue gaps following the pandemic. The school’s financial difficulties come as it prepares to move from the PAC-12 to the Big-12 in the next academic year.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2024

The Claudine Gay and Harvard University case was just a glimpse into the plan to advance rightwing agendas When Claudine Gay resigned as Harvard University president in early January, pundits credited her departure to a successful removal campaign led by conservative activists. The strategy behind Gay’s ousting wasn’t new, and has been used to advance conservative agendas, influence school curriculum and demonize Black people throughout history.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2024

In a time of disinvestment and other budget pressures, these programs are too often the first to be cut. But they are where students learn to have difficult conversations in an atmosphere of free inquiry and expression. Across the country, arts and humanities programs are being axed in a misguided attempt to balance public university budgets. From New York and North Carolina to North Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin, we are seeing academic departments, degrees and faculty reduced or eliminate

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