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

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This denial of economic opportunity causes a well-intentioned policy to fail to live up to its economic and humanitarian aspirations. Mr. Hadhad was midway through medical school when he fled Syria. Here’s a guy who was halfway through medical school when he arrived. While the town is the home of St.

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Decentralisation and the case for moving to a tertiary education system

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Policy had become centralised although institutional autonomy was pledged to be preserved. The Report, which is endorsed by a number of major political figures drawn from both sides of the political divide, backs the metro mayors and combined authorities mechanism but Part 2 of the Report, Why hasn’t UK regional policy worked?

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What Higher Education Can Learn from a Public Charity Hospital

Inside Higher Ed

Thus, racial and class bias can be embedded in the policies, practices, and norms of institutions and organizations, and can result in unequal access to opportunities, resources, and power for individuals and groups. Nuila’s passionate, poignant, and exceptionally perceptive and powerful account of a “charity” hospital.

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Oil money undermines academic autonomy (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In June, Harvard University announced a $200 million gift to launch the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, an academic center dedicated to the study of one of humanity’s most pressing threats. billion gift to fund the Doerr School of Sustainability, its first new school in 70 years.

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Houston is the future; higher ed is stuck in past (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

universities that opened campuses or centers in the United Arab Emirates (New York University, Harvard Medical School) and Qatar (Cornell’s medical school, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown and Northwestern Universities)—which were more about profit (sorry, “surplus”) seeking, relying on $1.3

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

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Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D., Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D.,

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

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Diversifying Our Curing Community (DOCC) Arkansas State University College of Science and Mathematics DOCC seeks to increase the number of under-represented students accepted into medical schools. They learn about cyber defense technology, cyber policy, and best practices in working collaboratively as professionals.