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Did Egalitarians Wreck the British Education System? – Review of ‘A Revolution Betrayed’ by Peter Hitchens

HEPI

Review of Peter Hitchens’s new book ‘A Revolution Betrayed : How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System’ by Paul Ashwin, Professor of Higher Education, Head of Department and Deputy Director of the Centre for Global Higher Education, Lancaster University. The emphasis on the size of schools is telling.

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Academics work to detect ChatGPT and other AI writing

Inside Higher Ed

Image: When humans write, they leave subtle signatures that hint at the prose’s fleshy, brainy origins. Human writers also draw from short- and long-term memories that recall a range of lived experiences and inform personal writing styles. Such attributes betray the text’s humanity.

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

His contract is still pending approval from the state’s higher education system. More from UB: The human toll of rampant college closures Retired Bradley Creed – Campbell University (N.C.) Her wealth of professional experience was her 26 years working as an engineer and senior executive at a medical device company.

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Australian gov’t to review HE in long-term plan

The PIE News

The government of Australia has announced a ‘Universities Accord’ designed to build a long-term plan for the country’s higher education system. Minister for Education Jason Clare noted it is the “first broad review” of the system since the Bradley Review in 2008.

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the P-12 education system, Black males have lower graduation rates in high school, are underrepresented in accelerated programs (e.g., gifted and talented); conversely, they are significantly overrepresented in special education, and in-school discipline and suspension rates (Ford & Moore, 2013; Hines et al., Fletcher Jr.

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The Catalysts for Competency-Based Learning and Prior Learning Assessments Have Arrived

eLiterate

Long-term economic forces will increasingly drive demand for more rapid reskilling than our current system can support. He hopes to go back to school to become an engineer. Mr. Clark wants to go back to school to become an engineer. New York City has a robust collection of community colleges within the CUNY system.

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Beyond ideological debates, a focus on process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

It’s always amused me that the folks who rail against the academy are often the same ones who proudly note that our universities are the innovation and human capital engines that make our states and communities magnets for economic and cultural growth.