Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 20, 2023

On the 60th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, we stand at a pivotal moment in history. Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s powerful "I Have a Dream" speech, we are called to reimagine a future where economic opportunity is accessible to all Americans. Higher education institutions have the power to be catalysts for socioeconomic mobility and drivers of economic policy that creates opportunities for underserved communities.

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 20, 2023

From the ‘must-have’ overdraft to money off food and rail travel Student life brings with it a different kind of learning curve as young people across the country embark on a new adventure and try to find ways to make their money go further. And in a cost of living crisis, the curve is even steeper. A survey carried out for the personal finance website Save the Student last year showed that 82% of students worried about making ends meet, while one in 10 had resorted to using food banks.

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Ray Schroeder

AUGUST 20, 2023

Rural students have historically had fewer choices in higher education than suburban students. Rural colleges are now struggling more than ever. Many colleges have had to cut dozens of majors and academic programs to stay afloat. "If you live in populated places, you get the good options, and if you don't, you just get things that prepare you to go to work," Andrew Koricich says.

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 20, 2023

Exam grading has plunged an unlucky cohort into a scramble for university, after a schooling ruined by Covid Robbed of their schooling and forced into the fiercest of races for university places , this is surely the Covid generation’s unluckiest student cohort. In years to come the bruised and battle-hardened class of 2023 will always carry with them a sense of intergenerational injustice – whatever success most will go on to make of their lives.

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Ray Schroeder

AUGUST 20, 2023

Earlier this year, New America released a brief highlighting the many problems with how accreditors handle complaints about the colleges they oversee. In that brief, we argued that accreditors are likely missing many issues at the colleges they oversee because of how complex their complaint processes are. Complaints help provide insight into colleges' performance, so making it easier for students, staff, and faculty to submit complaints about their institutions could help accreditors do their jo

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