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‘This is our future’: UCF students join statewide student protest of DeSantis’ ‘dystopian’ education policies

University Business

Students at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, the state’s largest public university by enrollment, joined a statewide walkout on Thursday in protest of education policies and directives prioritized by Florida Gov. We’re fighting for our faculty, for our education, and for the rights of trans students.”

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Labour’s education policy is brave, but can they fund it?

HEPI

Labour’s goal is brave, and their approach is compelling, but there is more big thinking to be done on how to design tough policies which truly shatter that ceiling when resources are so constrained. The post Labour’s education policy is brave, but can they fund it? appeared first on HEPI.

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How Data Drives Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, NY. UNT and LaGuardia’s student centered, data-driven approaches are helping their students succeed in the classroom and beyond, offering considerable returns on their educational investment. Kenneth Adams, president of LaGuardia Community College.

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UK: int’l students facing financial hardship ‘rising’

The PIE News

Universities across the UK should be opening specialist hardship funds for international students a report has suggested, after finding that international students are “frequently flagged as being at risk” with regards to financing. It does not say however if or how often they are used by international students.

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University students in England ‘have 50p a week to live on after rent’

The Guardian - Higher Education

Maintenance loans almost entirely wiped out by accommodation costs, according to research University students in England are left with the equivalent of 50p a week to live on from their loans after paying for accommodation, the cost of which has soared by nearly 15% over the last two years, research has revealed. Continue reading.

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France: fee hike for int’l students overturned

The PIE News

Controversial legislation that was set to hike fees for international students in France has been overturned, as the president makes a fresh call for international talent. The law also included an article obliging students to provide annual evidence to prove they are enrolled in a “real and serious” study program.

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Bill to Codify Postsecondary Student Success Grants Met with Support and Criticism from Scholars and Advocates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Legislators are looking to enshrine the Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) program, a student outcomes-centered federal effort, into law through new legislation this March. We also need students to be supported not only in year one but throughout the entire time they are in college.”

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