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Hearing the voices of care-experienced academics

SRHE

Precarity and safety nets An important consideration for our participants was the inherent precarity of academic careers. Several reported that they had benefited from ‘lucky’ relationships with doctoral supervisors or senior colleagues that had helped them to progress through short-term contracts or secure a permanent role.

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Reflections of the Career of a University Expatriate

Edu Alliance Journal

Funding opportunities and grant support may be harder to come by or mainly restricted to nationals of the country. A professional network represents the best social safety net for an expatriate, and cultivating one is time well spent in those conditions. Family buy-in makes all the difference. Every society is fractured.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Using the authority Congress granted to the Department of Education, we will forgive $10,000 in outstanding student federal loans. In addition, students who come from low-income families, which allowed them to qualify to receive a Pell Grant, will have debt reduced $20,000,” Biden said in August. million contract. Dr. William R.

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