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Canada needs “ambitious research agenda”, scientists urge

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The US, Germany, Japan and other countries have all committed “substantial new funding” to place research at the centre of industrial visions, it added. Since 2008, 100% of all new operating income in Canadian higher education has come from international tuition fees, a recent report found.

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South Africa’s international education sector judders back to life

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Jack said some will return after two or three years – he references the UK’s Graduate Route visa, and rules in France allowing some international students to work for up to five years – but the likelihood of an immediate return is low. We haven’t seen a full return of students coming back to South Africa,” Jack says. “It’s

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Leadership at All Levels of Higher Ed

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

President Sacks talked to us about the view on the ground versus the big picture, her personal leadership journey, some of her proudest accomplishments, strategies for decision making, and the power of both information and knowledge. That was formative.” As a president, I'm incredibly proud of my campus and this community.

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Better CRM Tools Key to Reversing Enrollment Declines at CCs

EAB

EAB’s Tara Zirkel and Mike Saxvik examine systemic weaknesses within the admissions practices at two-year institutions that allow far too many prospective students to fall through the cracks. I'm a director of strategic research here at EAB with a focus on community colleges. Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to Office Hours with EAB.

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Wonders of the Invisible World

Inside Higher Ed

Labaree, who have taken the lead in bringing theory to bear on the ongoing processes, trends, and developments that reshape higher education over time. Let me note at the outset that this new book, Being a Scholar , is as much teacherly as it is academic. Let’s begin with the history of American higher education.

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UK: Turing “simply fallen behind” Erasmus offer

The PIE News

Meanwhile, Robert Halfon, minister for skills, apprenticeships and higher education focused on the benefits of the new scheme – mainly to those from disadvantaged backgrounds, apprentices who could not take part in the previous scheme, and UK taxpayers, who he believes are getting a better deal.