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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

The award of doctorates in Divinity had ceased to depend on advanced scholarship, and had often became more or less honorific as new Bishops began to be granted an automatic Doctorate of Divinity. Doctorates for young scholars came next and in 1921 Oxford granted its first DPhil and Cambridge its first PhD, both expecting original research.

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What a Tech Company’s Big Shift Portends for the Future of the Master’s Degree

Higher Ed Connects: News

After it spent more than $850-million over the past two years to buy companies that offer professional education and run coding boot camps in conjunction with colleges, 2U investors could hardly have been shocked over the company’s moves to diversify from a reliance on contracts with universities for master’s degrees. I suspect, not very.

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Microcredentials

Parchment

And if you look at research like Adam Grant out of Wharton School of Business, and you know, it says that we’re really bad at it. Noah Geisel (he/him) (24:48.854) with an employer who was hiring a contract role and they actually listed the Adobe Creative Educator badge as one of the look-fors in the job posting.

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugy of Microcredentials

Parchment

And if you look at research like Adam Grant out of Wharton School of Business, and you know, it says that we’re really bad at it. Noah Geisel (he/him) (24:48.854) with an employer who was hiring a contract role and they actually listed the Adobe Creative Educator badge as one of the look-fors in the job posting.

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University autonomy and government control by funding

SRHE

When the Office for Students reviewed the Financial sustainability of higher education providers in England in 2024 in May 2024 it had looked at the ‘risks relating to student recruitment’ by providers in relation to the income from their tuition fees. They may then spend only within the terms of the contract and up to its limit.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Additionally, schools were told that they can still implement outreach, recruitment, and pathway programs that are race conscious. Those who did not receive a Pell Grant would have been eligible for up to $10,000 in relief. Abbott also signed Senate Bill 18, which requires schools to adopt policies about granting and revoking tenure.

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Feds Cancel Debts for 261,000 Students of Disgraced School Now Run by U. of Arizona (David Halperin)

Higher Education Inquirer

It also announced it would seek to ban Andrew Clark, the CEO of Ashfords demised parent company, Zovio, from contracting with the federal government. Numerous federal and state investigations have documented the deceptive recruiting tactics frequently used by Ashford University, U.S. The verdict was upheld on appeal.