Wonkhe

APRIL 26, 2024

Kicking off a new series on what we can learn from how General Election manifestos have engaged with higher education, Adam Matthews reflects on the changing political fortunes of universities in the past 80 years The post How higher education has showed up in General Election manifestos since 1945 appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 22, 2024

Partnerships between businesses and higher education hold the key to pushing through the growing skepticism around the lasting value of a college degree.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 21, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag looks at an early students’ union The post Higher education postcard: student representation appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 1, 2024

Restoring pathways to fulfilling employment for every student is imperative to the long-term success of higher education.

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Wonkhe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag takes us to a college of firsts The post Higher education postcard: Somerville College, Oxford appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 28, 2024

As allegations of unfairness in university admissions stack up, Jim Dickinson argues that empathy and understanding should replace defensiveness when the mud is slung The post Maybe higher education is just as unfair as it seems appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Jim Dickinson rounds up the higher education-themed movies and TV that you probably didn't see in 2023 The post It’s the higher education Christmas movie and TV guide appeared first on Wonkhe. Nothing on the TV?

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 31, 2024

Two leaders in the higher ed industry kick off the new year by rounding up 24 wins "for which the sector can be justly proud.”

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Wonkhe

MARCH 7, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag tells of a book you should probably put on your reading list The post Higher education postcard: Microcosmographia Academica appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 14, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag shows us that progress is not always linear The post Higher education postcard: University of Chichester appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Shân Wareing sets out the qualities that make a successful leader and how they apply in higher education The post Five traits for higher education leadership – whatever your job title appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Lee Elliot Major introduces the findings of a new student money and wellbeing survey The post The spiralling costs of higher education are hitting stay at home students harder appeared first on Wonkhe. Commuter students face financial struggle and a growing sense of isolation from campus.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 5, 2024

But those who initially attended a historically Black college also had higher debt loads than their similarly situated peers, a working paper found.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 16, 2024

Courts are considering challenges to race-conscious admissions at military academies, key higher education regulations and the DACA program.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to Cambridge’s first college for women The post Higher education postcard: Girton College, Cambridge appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Gwen van der Velden and Bo Kelestyn paint a picture of the challenges faced by Ukraine universities, and introduce a new series of articles exploring how the UK can continue to offer help The post UK universities can go further to support the resilience of Ukrainian higher education appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Nine higher ed groups said institutions should provide prospective students and their families with flexibility during a tumultuous application cycle.

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Wonkhe

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Can higher education escape the traps (and trappings) of a glorious but lost past? Jim Dickinson makes the case for a plan for growth The post Higher education needs a plan for growth appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Eve Alcock, Ailsa Crum and Nick Watmough consider how higher education might gear up to prepare graduates for a new kind of labour market The post Higher education’s engagement with AI will have to keep a keen eye on the world of work appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 4, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag shows that independent higher education is not a new thing The post Higher education postcard: University Hall Buckland appeared first on Wonkhe.

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MindMax

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Note: This piece is part four of a multi-part blog series on alternative pathways in higher education. If you haven’t already read the first three pieces, you can find them here: Alternative Pathways in Higher Ed: Setting the Stage PLAs: How Many Credits Do You Get for Living? baked into standard 4-degree programs). And that’s okay.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 28, 2023

What’s the state of fundraising in UK higher education? Introducing a new report, Nik Miller and Joanna Motion are learning from the past and looking to the future The post The power and pace of philanthropy in higher education appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

WICHE advised higher ed leaders to track K-12 assessment results and make a plan for getting prospective students college ready.

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Wonkhe

JUNE 22, 2023

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to what might have been Thanet University The post Higher education postcard: University of Kent appeared first on Wonkhe.

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MindMax

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

When partnerships between schools and higher education marketing vendors yield suboptimal results, the reason can often be traced back to a lack of clarity about the root of the problem that needs to be solved. Here’s the uncomfortable truth no one on either side wants to acknowledge: there are no quick fixes in marketing for higher ed.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag brings smiling student sportsmen – and some of their life stories The post Higher education postcard: University of Leeds lacrosse appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag shows a modernist masterpiece built on Victorian policy The post Higher education postcard: St Catherine’s College, Oxford appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 16, 2023

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag reminds us that student debt is not a new phenomenon The post Higher education postcard: solvitur ambulando appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 21, 2023

Kate Bowen-Viner asks why The post Accessing higher education needs a better deal on childcare appeared first on Wonkhe. Plans to extend the availability of free childcare exclude full time students.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 11, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to Oxford via Birmingham The post Higher education postcard: Mansfield College, Oxford appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

APRIL 26, 2023

Leading with compassion strengthens higher education institutions. Helen Rimmer discusses why it can be easier said than done The post Reckoning with the barriers to compassionate leadership in higher education appeared first on Wonkhe.

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MindMax

JUNE 29, 2023

Are corporations higher ed’s friend or foe? Look at a tech giant like Apple, which has its own university led by the former provost of Brown University , and you could easily conclude that corporations are a threat to higher education. Yes…and yes. The answer isn’t black and white. What are these companies looking for?

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Wonkhe

JULY 20, 2023

Today, Hugh Jones’s postbag takes us to Oxford’s Welsh College The post Higher education postcard: Jesus College, Oxford appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 26, 2024

Higher Ed Workers Seek to Coordinate Nationally Ryan Quinn Tue, 03/26/2024 - 03:00 AM A group called Higher Ed Labor United is trying to overcome the silos that divide unions and keep them from working together against the many threats to colleges and universities. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Wonkhe

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag brings a card with a tantalising message The post Higher education postcard: dreaming appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 12, 2024

Faculty members and students plan to hold events across numerous campuses Wednesday, April 17, to kick-start a movement against what they consider concerted attacks on quality higher education for all.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 16, 2024

The Humiliation of Higher Ed Elizabeth Redden Tue, 01/16/2024 - 03:00 AM We’ve entered a new stage in the culture wars, Jennifer Ruth writes. Byline(s) Jennifer Ruth

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