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The Admissions Game

Higher Education Inquirer

Books that are not best sellers or readily available in public libraries. Diploma mills again sprang up, in response to this large influx of government funds. This practice raises questions about meritocracy and equal opportunity in higher education.

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The Forces That Are Shaping the Future of Higher Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It’s these long-term developments, processes and trends, which take place under the surface, that even the most powerful politicians or institutions must respond to. million in federal relief funding. But what government gives, it can take away. This is the case in politics, but it’s also true in higher education.

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CPL for Incremental & Non-Credit Credentials

Parchment

In this episode, we speak with Melanie Booth, Executive Director of the Higher Learning Commission’s Credential Lab, and Ian Roark, Vice Chancellor of Workforce Development & Innovation at Pima Community College, to discuss the policy and practice of making CPL a reality for different forms of credentials. Yeah, please.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

The private ‘alternative providers’ encouraged by Governments in the first decades of the twenty-first century have rarely made a significant effort to be research-active so far. Governments have actively encouraged ‘Knowledge Exchange’. Funding for them may be uncertain. However the Levy does not fund Degree Apprenticeships.

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The Power of Recognizing Higher Ed Faculty as Working-Class (Helena Worthen*)

Higher Education Inquirer

They often lack access to offices, professional development, research funds, and opportunities to collaborate with peers or vote in faculty meetings. They are likely to have to apply for a new campus parking permit or library card every semester. They may be asked to take on a new course with a week or less warning.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

I’ll be developing and calling out tags I use for these themes so that you can go to an archive page on each one. J-WEL is one of many funded centers at MIT. The group started its work with some funding from J-WEL and continued on a volunteer basis afterward because they all cared about the project. The context of the paper.

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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

Public RSIs are more dependent on state appropriations but receive fewer appropriations per student because state funding metrics focus on enrollment growth, which is more constrained. Dr. Koricich and his team have received generous funding from The Joyce Foundation, Lumina Foundation, and Ascendium Education Group. No, not a bit.