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The government has announced universities can charge up to £9,535 from 2025-26. Here’s the lowdown on the changes University fees are on the way up. Here’s what parents and students need to know about the changes. Tuition fees in England will rise to £9,535 in the next academic year (2025-26). The maximum universities can charge is currently £9,250 – a cap that has been in place since 2017.
How the End of Affirmative Action Is Affecting Indigenous Students Sara Weissman Fri, 11/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Native American student enrollments had already been falling for at least a decade. Last year’s Supreme Court ruling may be making matters worse.
Helen Gourlay on why the numbers don’t add up for students or universities. And Yassin El-Moudden says turning students into consumers has warped tertiary education economics Re university fees, the numbers don’t add up, and never did ( Editorial, 4 November ). Assumptions by George Osborne and colleagues of high graduate earnings, based on times when far fewer people went to university, were unrealistic.
Can Utah’s Enrollment Boom Stave Off Budget Cuts? Liam Knox Fri, 11/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Enrollment jumped by historic margins at Utah’s public universities this fall. State lawmakers, anticipating future declines, want to cut spending anyway.
Black college students in several states reported to authorities Wednesday they had received anonymous text messages using racist references to the era of U.S. slavery. The messages varied in detail, but followed the same basic script, saying the recipient had “been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.” Officials could not say Thursday where the messages originated.
In Defense of Asynchronous Learning Elizabeth Redden Fri, 11/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Mary Nestor, Millie Tullis and James Butler write that a recent opinion essay presented a distorted view of the possibilities of asynchronous course design.
Iowa’s public universities in recent months have made progress on complying with a new law restricting diversity, equity, and inclusion-related spending, training, and programming—cutting jobs, closing offices, and reallocating more than $2.1 million from DEI to other priorities—but some regents and lawmakers say their work isn’t done. “Just this semester there were several examples of university administrative offices that are not being eliminated or restructured that promoted DEI,” regent Davi
Navigating Difficult Classroom Conversations Elizabeth Redden Fri, 11/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Tricia Shalka offers strategies for preparing for, and leading, classroom discussions in moments of crisis and discomfort.
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Navigating Difficult Classroom Conversations Elizabeth Redden Fri, 11/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Tricia Shalka offers strategies for preparing for, and leading, classroom discussions in moments of crisis and discomfort.
There’s more a Health Savings Account (HSA) than just paying for health care expenses — it’s a good tool to care for your physical and financial health. An HSA can reduce annual tax liability while building long-term savings for retirement security and future health from head to toe. Unlike a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) that requires users to spend their saved balance each year or forfeit the remainder, an HSA is a way to keep, grow and protect pre-tax money.
Biomedical Scientists Struggle to Replicate Their Own Findings sara.custer@in… Fri, 11/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Many researchers are opting against trying to publish replication efforts, survey finds.
Before Olivia Newman graduates from PUC, she wants to make a significant impact on campus. That’s why she decided to run for SA financial vice president and help be a voice for PUC students. “The opportunity to represent students and facilitate their happiness drove my interest in this position,” shared Olivia. “Going into my last year of the accounting program at PUC, I am confident in my ability to contribute positively to student life.
Judges say the Education Department used the wrong legal standard when the Christian for-profit institution sought to once again become a nonprofit. The U.S. Education Department used the wrong legal standard in denying Grand Canyon University's bid for nonprofit status in 2019, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
Hired Joe Echevarria Joe Echevarria – University of Miami The University of Miami installed alumnus Joe Echevarria as its next president after he served a stint as interim leader. Echevarria, a certified public accountant, previously served as CEO of consulting giant, Deloitte, where he spent more than three decades. In 2020, he became CEO of UHealth—the University of Miami Health System—and was named the university’s interim president 2022.
Success Program Launch: Incorporating VR Into the First-Year Seminar Ashley Mowreader Fri, 11/08/2024 - 03:00 AM This fall, the University of Miami introduced a new virtual reality tool into a first-year course. The initiative is targeted toward retention and engagement of students, as well as improving their feelings of belonging.
Recently, Chancellor Mike Martin laid out his views on UWRF (the University of Wisconsin River Falls) and higher education in the Student Voice. I’d like to offer a very different perspective on public higher education. But given his stated belief in the importance of making the case that higher education is a public good, I believe that Chancellor Martin would agree with my argument.
In our recent Survey of Campus Chief Technology/Information Officers with Hanover Research, CTOs expressed mixed feelings about higher education’s technological readiness, including with respect to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data literacy and supporting instructors teaching with technology.
For the last two presidential transitions, I have written pieces about what the new president ( Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020 ) may mean for higher education. My expectations back in 2016 were the following: He would not repeal the Department of Education. (He never seriously tried.) Tuition-free public college was dead. (True at the federal level, but state-level programs grew following Tennessee’s lead.
The president of the American Association of University Professors called the presidential election results “disappointing” in a news release Thursday titled “Higher Ed Must Organize to Ensure a Future for American Democracy.
For the last two presidential transitions, I have written pieces about what the new president ( Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020 ) may mean for higher education. My expectations back in 2016 were the following: He would not repeal the Department of Education. (He never seriously tried.) Tuition-free public college was dead. (True at the federal level, but state-level programs grew following Tennessee’s lead.
Education-Level Voting Gaps Are Highest Among Men, White People Johanna Alonso Fri, 11/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Over all, college graduates voted for Harris by 13 points more than they did Trump. But that gap was even starker for certain demographics.
Black students across the country reportedly received racist text messages from anonymous senders on Wednesday, the day after former president Donald Trump won a divisive presidential election fraught with racial issues. The message, according to screenshots shared by media organizations and on social media, told recipients that they had been “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.
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