Wonkhe

MAY 13, 2023

In its scramble to improve employability, the sector risks appropriating experiential learning in ways that leave behind the truly transformative pedagogies, argues Mark Peace The post Deeper pedagogies are key to cracking open the black box of experiential learning appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MAY 13, 2023

Measures being introduced in August labelled ‘deeply regressive’ and research suggests nurses and teachers could be among the worst affected • Read more: Martin Lewis: ‘Don’t call it a loan, this is a graduate tax’ The government’s student loan reforms will benefit the country’s best-paid graduates at the expense of nursing graduates, teachers and other lower- and middle-income earners, new research reveals.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2023

Projecting an enrollment nosedive, West Virginia University is preparing for a lean future. Some call it an act of surrender, while others say it’s a prudent choice to be replicated elsewhere. West Virginia University president E. Gordon Gee gave a blunt assessment to a crowd of faculty, administrators, students and staff: WVU is too big—and its student body shrinking too fast—to operate sustainably.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MAY 13, 2023

The consumer finance champion says most university leavers will spend the rest of their working lives paying off the cost of higher education • Read more: richer graduates in England will pay less for degree than poorer students The consumer finance champion Martin Lewis has highlighted the impact of the new arrangements for student loans, saying some school-leavers may no longer consider a degree is worth the cost.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2023

Thousands of dollars and months of time could be shaved off university, college or other postsecondary education experience under a new state framework released Tuesday. The plan would allow certain skills, knowledge gathered outside the classroom to earn credits. The "Delaware Credit for Prior Learning Policy Framework" aims to guide Delaware's higher education institutions as they develop procedures for evaluating such experience, the Department of Education said in a press release.

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