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Here are 9 ways higher education can ensure rural America’s long-term vitality

University Business

are often stigmatized for their meek economies and decaying industries amid the overwhelming presence of the digitized, globalized and unmistakably urban world that predominates the United States. “Rural America needs more strategies and investment to hold onto its good jobs and create more economic opportunity.”

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Why African American History Month Is the Quintessential American Celebration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Woodson for his conception and development of this singularly American institution which provides a shared opportunity, on an annual basis, to take a snapshot of the internal dynamics of American society, and to deliberate about where the country that most people consider to be the greatest economic power in world history is headed.

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UN & FutureLearn partner to reach 100,000 learners

The PIE News

Canada’s higher education system is “uniquely positioned” to build sustainable communities across Ibero-America, education leaders heard at the United Nations last week, as a new partnership seeking to accelerate sustainable development globally was launched.

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Study Group “broadens US footprint”

The PIE News

“The US has long been a highly-respected study destination for international students” For University of Nebraska at Omaha in Nebraska, Study Group will do the same, focusing on countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa, beginning with applications in February 2024 for the fall 2024 intake.

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“Equality key” to engage globe’s fourth largest higher education system

The PIE News

More collaboration and a deeper understanding of specific market needs is needed between Central and Latin America and the US and Canada, according to sector leaders. We are the fourth largest higher education system in the world. “When we refer to Latin America, we refer to it as one unit. It’s not.

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Is a 4-Year College Degree Still Necessary?

MindMax

The corporate world is making a statement about the value of a college degree, and their preferences inevitably impact the perception of higher education. There is much to criticize about higher ed in America. Higher ed faces an uphill battle to maintain its relevance in a changing world.

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James Slocombe, PEN/Elizabeth School, UK

The PIE News

He tells us about recruiting students in Central and South America, collective learning and re-learning to embrace his own mental absorbency. The Covid pandemic provided no shortage of challenges to educators around the world, and the challenges of a headmaster in an international boarding school seemed insurmountable at times.