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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% of non-LGBTQ people. About 45.5%

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Research ethics committees should rethink risk

SRHE

A further concern for many educational researchers is that approaches to ethical review, initially developed in relation to biomedical sciences, have largely been positivist. The REC was therefore required to trust its researchers to act with integrity.

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A Guide to the Accreditation Process with the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment (NCAAA)

Creatrix Campus

In 2016, the Saudi government invested a sum equal to one-third of its total national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the field of education after considering funding for high-quality HE practices for years. However, since 2018, it has been under the Education Evaluation Commission, which was established by Royal Decree in that year.

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How to Attract and Inspire Underrepresented Students: Lessons from Lucy Cavendish College: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 152 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Madeleine Atkins

The Change Leader, Inc.

Following various senior positions at Newcastle University, including Pro-Vice-Chancellor, she was Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University between 2004 and 2013. Madeleine then joined the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) as its Chief Executive in January 2014, retaining that post until March 2018. Very interesting.

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Legal Expert Art Coleman Examines the Affirmative Action Ruling

EAB

Art previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, where, in the 1990s, he led the department's development of its Title VI policy on race-conscious financial aid. Take the question I raised a minute ago, of financial aid and scholarships. Certainly for the short term.

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Sustainability actions students take and want their colleges to take

Confessions of a Community College Dean

When he co-founded the organization in 2004, it had 35 member campuses—which grew quickly to 200 and peaked in 2012 at about 1,200. ” Next-step efforts at some institutions have involved students asking their colleges not to accept research partnerships or other funds from fossil fuel companies, he says.

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Foxx, back in charge, pledges oversight, stronger accountability

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“Those are very divisive culture war issues that are being raised.” First elected to the House in 2004, she’s developed a reputation as a staunch conservative. ” Still, Fansmith said that it’s good for higher education that Foxx returned as chair.