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Debt and doubt: a graduate’s frustrations with the current higher education loans regime

SRHE

I took a gap year, completed an undergraduate degree, and subsequently received funding for a Master’s and a PhD. I believe I am one of the first of this new generation of highly indebted graduates to have been afforded the time and space to develop expertise around and reflect on the HE system I was a part of. 1] Why bother?

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Sustainability actions students take and want their colleges to take

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In a sustainability projects elective course at Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire, “all the students want to know what they can do,” says Joshua Cline, an adjunct professor who teaches the course, along with a seminar for juniors and a senior capstone. The class meets that need.

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12 Community Action Project Ideas to Wrap Up the School Year

Experiential Learning Depot

Design and Make a Product: The idea behind this community action project is that students design and make something that raises awareness and provides a tangible outcome. The product should be usable or sellable to raise money for the chosen cause. That is technically raising awareness, but it's not a head-turner.

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How can America Encourage College Dropouts to Complete their Degrees

Edu Alliance Journal

In-house training seminars (61%). Personal development courses (35%). Target in August 2021 announced a fund to support educational courses for its employees. Further development and refinement of quality online degree programs to encourage re-enrollment. More generous funding for employees to return to school.

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REF 2021: reflecting on results, rules and regulations, and reform (again)

SRHE

Encouraging that has never been set as an objective – the sole purpose for a long time was ‘to inform funding’ – but the constant improvement implied by the figures is the basis for getting more money out of the Treasury. More are promised after the Future Research Assessment Programme (FRAP) consultation reports.

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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.

Madeleine then joined the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) as its Chief Executive in January 2014, retaining that post until March 2018. About Our Podcast Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton, CEO of The Change Leader higher education consulting firm. Learn more at changinghighered.com. Madeleine Atkins 04:53 Fascinating.

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The Power of Relationships in Undergraduate Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Make it possible for instructors to provide more individualized feedback and to participate in more student engagement activities (like student-faculty lunches or co-curricular activities), by, for example, shifting from 3 to 4 credit hour classes and giving faculty access to modest student engagement funds.