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Helping People Be Their Best

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 1996, she returned to campus as a dean, and, in 2015, she became president of her alma mater. It not only revitalizes the campus but also brings new fields of study to the students and faculty. She also hired an assistant dean for diversity, who has started Black and Latinx student union groups.

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Johns Hopkins Grad Students Successfully Unionize

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The union says it’s still awaiting National Labor Relations Board official certification. “TRU has been around since 2015, and now we are heading into the next stage of our movement to support grad student workers to do the work we came to JHU to do,” said Andrew Eneim, a graduate worker, in a Wednesday union news release.

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Student-Staff Partnership: Gakuen-sai (Campus Festival)

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Student committees lead this biggest annual event on campus, and groups of students from societies or classes participate in it by organising concerts, food stalls, exhibitions, poster presentations, demonstrations or performances. This is the cultural event of the students, by the students, for the students.

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The value and values of third sector collaboration for equality of opportunity

SRHE

Organisations considered ‘third sector’ have been generally assumed to be, in some ways ‘better’ than alternatives in the public or private sectors , whether ethically or in terms of structures that make them more effective at tackling social issues ( Macmillan, 2015 ). Nor is it a new way of delivering on widening participation aims.

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Freedom of speech and students’ unions

SRHE

Historically, a ‘no platform’ position was taken up in the 1970s by many studentsunions against the rise of the far right (the National Front and later the British National Party) which had gained some questionable success in marches in the East End of London and some success in local election results into the 1980s.

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What does it mean to be political for today’s students?

SRHE

The cost of student protest In contexts where higher education is marketed as an investment into ones future, the student-as-consumer positioning becomes unavoidable. Second, our universities have never emphasised student voice as much as they do today.

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2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 187 with Host Deborah Maue and Guest Dr. Drumm McNaughton

The Change Leader, Inc.

Public confidence in higher education also saw a notable decline, with a Gallup poll indicating a drop in faith from 57% in 2015 to 36% in 2023. A Gallup poll indicated a drop from 57% in 2015 to 36% in public faith, highlighting a substantial shift in perceptions over eight years. Gallup poll from 57% in 2015. Right, right.