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Creating the Learner and Learning-Centered University

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Today’s customer-centered colleges and universities are not the learner and learning-centered universities we need. A customer-centric college or university prioritizes its brand. Also, many received an uneven high school education and therefore require Academics 101 training and learning supports.

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Interest rate changes could challenge universities, student loans and post 16 and vocational education

SRHE

by Sir Adrian Webb The publication on 13 September 2023 of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee report on the Office for Students drew attention to the financial challenges facing universities in the UK and to the challenges associated with regulating and overseeing these risks.

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Cultivating global learner ownership from high school to higher education

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But we know in today’s international education landscape that learners are able – and willing – to utilise their individual strengths and inner drive, and to develop capacity for empathy and cultural awareness – well before they apply to university. With more than $3.6

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IGNITED 2023 sneak peek: Key trends shaping higher education today

EAB

For universities to thrive, they must strategically counter these narratives, targeting marketing messages to appeal to the most skeptical student subsegments and emphasizing the multifaceted value they offer to society and their essential role in today's world. The pandemic has only “poured fuel on the fire” according to U.S.

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Two colleges flounder under opaque for-profit owners

Inside Higher Ed

‘Sham Transactions and Kickbacks’ On its website , Ambow Education calls itself the “leading provider of K-12 educational services in China” with a business model that “covers K-12 in school education, tutoring services, international education programs and online educational offerings.”

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How colleges measure and prove their value: Key podcast

Inside Higher Ed

A recent episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed ’s news and analysis podcast, examined the data and metrics colleges and universities are using—or should explore going forward—to gauge the value they provide to their students and other constituents. An edited transcript of the discussions follows.

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From Research and Theory Into Practice: hooks’ Homeplace Matters in the Educational Lives of Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

link] Despite growing discussions of antiracist practices and policies in P-20 schools, education tends to critique racist structures without providing solutions that bring into the conversation the lived experiences of Black students, families, and communities. Theory into Practice. Theory into Practice. Dr. Donna Y. Dr. Erik M.

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