Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2024

Christopher Edley Jr., a prominent legal and public policy scholar who co-founded the Harvard Civil Rights Project with Dr. Gary Orfield, died over the weekend. He was 71. Christopher Edley Jr. “Chris Edley was a smart, caring, determined advocate for justice who could move easily and powerfully through the mazes of top levels of law, politics, and research,” said Orfield, who is Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA Graduate School of Education and co-director of The Civil Rights Project at

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The Guardian Higher Education

MAY 12, 2024

Creative UK and Universities UK urge government to reject plans to abolish or restrict graduate visa route Universities are reporting a steep drop in international students applying to come to the UK, amid warnings that further restrictions on student visas would torpedo a vital flow of talent for Britain’s creative industries. University and industry leaders fear that the graduate visa entitlement, which allows international graduates to work in the UK for up to three years, could be axed or cu

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Ray Schroeder

MAY 12, 2024

Drake University, in Iowa, plans to cut three academic programs after a vote by its board, according to an open letter Monday from President Marty Martin. In March, the private nonprofit’s administration proposed eliminating 13 majors, minors and certificates. But the university’s faculty senate voted in April to cut just three programs, which the board approved.

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