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A Premier League success story? Why global higher education is critical to our diverse local economies and communities in the UK

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Paul Angrave , Associate Director of Public Affairs at the University of Leicester. An industry, like football, that is global and civic, distributed across all geographical areas of the country, and an engine for economic growth and ‘levelling up’ in those places. billion a year.

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Why not HE? The reasons those from under-represented backgrounds decide against university

SRHE

Higher Education Policy Institute Report 140, [link] , 17-23. Hailat, K, and Alsmadi, S (2021) ‘An investigation of the push-pull factors influencing student selection of higher education: the case of Arabian Gulf students in the UK’, Journal of Public Affairs. Higher Education Policy Institute Report 140, [link].

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

” Harnessing Bots Emily (not her real name) is an American who is saddled with student loan debt totaling six figures from associate and bachelor’s degrees at other institutions, according to Dan Kalmanson, vice president for public affairs at UoPeople. Some students need lower costs.

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Autonomy Scorecard

HESA

This week’s guest on The World of Higher Education podcast is Enora Bennetot Pruvot, Deputy Director Governance, Funding & Public Policy Development at the European University Association and she joins me today from Brussels to talk about the EUA’s recently-released University Autonomy Scorecard, of which she was a co-author.

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Federal earmarks a boon for higher ed

Inside Higher Ed

“Earmarks come and go,” said Terry Hartle, senior vice president for government relations and public affairs at the American Council on Education. The last federal budget had $9 billion in earmarks for nearly 5,000 projects, not all of which involved higher education. Is this diversity newsletter?

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to administration officials, the policy gives the Secretary of Education the ability to “waive or modify” federal student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) in the case of a national emergency such as the pandemic. The non-federal negotiators named in September come from 14 different constituencies. Dr. Dana B.