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Student Substance Use: Keele University’s Journey from Zero Tolerance to Harm Reduction

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Keele University and Keele Students’ Union has been working with Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK) since 2015, when we first started to look at alcohol use on campus, and how we could promote a productive, healthy, and inclusive student culture surrounding drinking. Our key milestones in our journey to harm reduction.

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Be bolder about your mental health offer if you want to convert – and retain – more of this year’s applicants

HEPI

The results are surprising: a third (32%) of applicants think it likely they won’t go to university -somewhat higher than the actual percentage of unplaced applicants (26%) in the most recently completed application cycle. Such an approach goes beyond the listing of services, and portrays the university as a place to thrive.

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Will Your School Start Recruiting Incarcerated Students?

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EAB experts Caylie Privitere and Matthew McAloon examine the benefits to students and institutions from the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated persons who want to pursue a college education. So, this actually squandered a flourishing landscape for incarcerated students to access higher education. Well, I should clarify.

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Navigating Potholes in the Road on your Microcredential Journey

WCET Frontiers

The WCET Steering Committee Microcredentialing workgroup is a small and passionate group of higher education leaders and practitioners. There are various definitions across leading higher education organizations and currently, there is not a single industry recognized definition of microcredentials.

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University of Texas at Austin Lays Off Former DEI Staff

Insight Into Diversity

The announcement by Jay Hartzell, UT Austin president, comes amid the latest pressure put on public higher education institutions in the state to abide by Senate Bill 17 , a state law banning DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) across public higher education institutions, which went into effect in January. Republican Sen.