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Innovative higher education analytics projects and influential tech leaders honored by EdScoop

Higher Education has been slow to adopt analytics in comparison to the commercial sector, but those institutions that have embraced a culture of analytics have seen significant and tangible results. Higher Education analytics can help in nearly every corner of academia including enrollment and retention, student success, academic research and [...]

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Summer Institute 2024: Infusing Korean Studies in American Undergraduate Higher Education

Summer Institute 2024: Infusing Korean Studies in American Undergraduate Higher Education

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Higher Education Level Drops Death Rate

Every year of education reduces mortality by 2 percent, highlighting the significance of education in saving lives regardless of age, sex, location, and social and demographic background.




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PM Vidyalaxmi Scheme 2024: Breaking Financial Barriers to Higher Education

The PM Vidyalaxmi scheme, recently launched by the Union Cabinet, is a transformative initiative aimed at removing financial obstacles for students pursuing higher education. Designed to provide collateral-free, guarantor-free loans, this scheme ensures that eligible students can focus on their




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Relational pedagogies: connections and mattering in higher education [Electronic book]/ Karen Gravett.

London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2022




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Degrees of Dignity : Arab Higher Education in the Global Era [Electronic book] / Elizabeth Buckner.

London : University of Toronto Press, [2022]




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Why girls drop out of higher education

A four-State study by CRY highlights the underlying causes and suggests some solutions




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Equity and inclusion in higher education [electronic resource] : strategies for teaching / edited by Rita Kumar and Brenda Refaei.

Cincinnati : University of Cincinnati Press, 2021.




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The future of higher education in an age of artificial intelligence [electronic resource] / by Stephen Murgatroyd.

[Cambridge, England] : Ethics International Press Limited, 2024.




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Resisting neoliberal schooling [electronic resource] : dismantling the rubricization and corporatization of higher education / edited by Anthony J. Nocella II.

New York : Peter Lang , 2024.




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Outdoor learning in higher education [electronic resource] : educating beyond the seminar room / edited by Wendy Garnham and Paolo Oprandi.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge , 2025.




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Distance Learning in Higher Education: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment [electronic journal].




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Cabinet approves PM-Vidyalaxmi scheme for higher education

Under the scheme, a student who secures admission in top higher education institutions, both government and private, will be eligible to get collateral-free, guarantor-free loan from banks and financial institutions




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NEP 2020 in Odisha: After cautious Naveen, Majhi is on fast track for higher education

Odisha BJP government fast-tracks National Education Policy-2020 implementation in higher education sector, addressing infrastructure, faculty, and internship challenges.




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Need for a balanced approach in higher education

While many reforms have been introduced in higher education, a recalibration of learning ecosystems is necessary for students to reach their full potential




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Higher education students of madrassas face uncertain future after Supreme Court order

The Madrasa Board proposed to the government to accommodate the students of its Kamil and Fazil courses, but no decision was taken on it; about 25,000 students are studying in the Kamil and Fazil courses currently




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Odisha BJP government announces implementation of NEP-2020 in higher education




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Mental health and resilience in higher education institutions as a mission 

A two-day conclave started at IIT Hyderabad with an aim to foster healthy and harmonious environment in higher education institutions with the goal of reducing suicide rates and enhancing student and faculty wellbeing




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How will you finance your higher education?

Students pursuing higher studies abroad tell us how they went about




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More coaching centres for competitive exams to be opened in State, says Higher Education Minister




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Making higher education an accessible public good

Through interest subvention and guarantee cover for banks, PM-Vidyalaxmi should help create a more skilled workforce




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Tamil Nadu engineering counselling for general category to be held after NEET results, says Higher Education Minister Ponmudi

The decision will help to prevent seats going vacant, says Mr. Ponmudy




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Mary Sue Coleman on solving the funding crisis in higher education

The chemist and former college president leads the Association of American Universities in challenging times




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Income Strips and Student Accommodation - an alternative funding model for Higher Education Institutions

Economic and political uncertainty since the Brexit vote and fear of a predicted debt crisis have increased funding pressures on Higher Education Institutions when putting their estates strategies into action.  A perfect storm of a predicted dr...




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Stimulating entrepreneurial mindsets and behaviours in east German higher education: State of play and inspiring practices

As part of the OECD LEED project on university support for entrepreneurship in eastern Germany, undertaken in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Regional Development, this handbook presents highlights of results of a series of case studies and a university survey.




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Stimulating entrepreneurial mindsets and behaviours in east German higher education: State of play and inspiring practices

As part of the OECD LEED project on university support for entrepreneurship in eastern Germany, undertaken in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Regional Development, this handbook presents highlights of results of a series of case studies and a university survey.




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Registration for the Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) General Conference 2012

Join around 500 higher education policy-makers, institutional leaders and academic experts active in higher education at the biennial General Conference of the OECD’s Programme for Institutional Management in Higher Education on 17-19 September in Paris.




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Education spending rising but access to higher education remains unequal in most countries, says OECD

Governments should increase investment in early childhood programmes and maintain reasonable costs for higher education in order to reduce inequality, boost social mobility and improve people’s employment prospects, according to a new OECD report.




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15th OECD/Japan Seminar - Global Strategies for Higher Education-Global Trends and Rethinking the Role of Government”

This seminar will provide an opportunity for participants to share experiences on issues such as the influence of accelerated commercialization of education and a knowledge-based society.




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The sustainability of the UK’s higher education system (OECD Education Today Blog)

Skills have become the currency of 21st century economies




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The OECD-Singapore Conference on Higher Education Futures (Singapore, October 14-15 2015)

The OECD-Singapore Conference on Higher Education Futures will explore forward-looking themes in the global higher education landscape. The Conference will bring together some 500 participants from over 40 countries, representing senior government officials, higher education administrators, academics and practitioners, for an engaging exchange of ideas and best practices.




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Education Indicators in Focus No. 35 - How do differences in social and cultural background influence access to higher education and the completion of studies?

Parents’ level of education still greatly influences that of their children: individuals are 4.5 times more likely to attend higher education if one of their parents has a higher education degree than if both their parents have below upper secondary education.




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Does social background thwart aspirations for higher education? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Since the mid-1900s, the expansion of higher education systems has opened up opportunities for many students other than those from the elites. Higher education became the main route towards upward social mobility.




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Is the gender gap in higher education widening? (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog)

One of the most remarkable consequences of the expansion of education in OECD countries over the past decades is the reversal of the gender gap in education. From outright exclusion and discrimination in educational institutions less than a century ago, girls and young women have conquered schools and colleges.




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We must invest in the transformational power of higher education

Despite people’s perceptions of us, we economists are neither futurologists, nor historians. But we do see trends that we try to interpret, by applying objectivity where subjectivity abounds, and using the (rather few) tools we have developed to address (very many) major social problems.




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Is free higher education fair? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Skills have become the currency of 21st century economies and, despite the significant increase the UK has seen in university graduation over the last decade, the earnings of workers with a Master’s degree remain over 80% higher than those of workers with just five good GCSEs or an equivalent vocational qualification.




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What the expansion of higher education means for graduates in the labour market (OECD Education Today Blog)

A university degree has always been considered as key to a good job and higher wages. But as the share of tertiary-educated adults across OECD countries has almost doubled over the last two decades, can the labour market absorb this growing supply of skills?




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Stimulating entrepreneurial mindsets and behaviours in east German higher education: State of play and inspiring practices

As part of the OECD LEED project on university support for entrepreneurship in eastern Germany, undertaken in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Regional Development, this handbook presents highlights of results of a series of case studies and a university survey.




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Punjab Dept of Higher Education issues show-cause notice to Lovely Professional University for violating lockdown norms





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Report Urges Development and Evaluation of Approaches that Integrate STEMM Fields with Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

An emerging body of evidence suggests that integrating STEMM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine) with the humanities and arts in higher education is associated with positive learning outcomes that may help students enter the workforce, live enriched lives, and become active and informed citizens, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine




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National Academies Join Colleges and Universities to Launch Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have joined with over 40 colleges, universities, and research institutions to launch an Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education.




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Increasing Women’s Representation in STEMM Fields Will Require Culture Change Driven by Systemic Actions by Higher Education Institutions, Funding Agencies, Congress

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine urges systemic action to change the culture in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine) to address the underrepresentation of women in these fields.




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Coding Bootcamp Startup, Promineo Tech, Launches Game Changing Business Model to Disrupt Higher Education

A much needed step in the right direction towards fixing education.




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William McBride, Ph.D., has been honored as an Expert in Higher Education by the International Association of Who's Who

Dr. William McBride, Ph.D., of Lafayette, Indiana is recognized by the International Association of Who's Who as an Expert in Higher Education.




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NEO LMS Awarded Best LMS for Higher Education by The Craig Weiss Group

NEO, the learning management system (LMS) for schools and universities created by CYPHER LEARNING, has been announced as the number one LMS for Higher Education by the Craig Weiss Group in the report Top 50 Learning Systems for 2019.




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Al Letson Reveals: The fight to end affirmative action in higher education

President Trump’s Department of Justice is investigating claims that Harvard is discriminating against Asian American students in its admissions program. Harvard has been accused of capping the number of Asian American students to make room for other ethnicities.

Al talks to Edward Blum about the case. Blum has made a career out of challenging race-based college admissions. And he and his group, Students for Fair Admissions, filed a lawsuit against Harvard three years ago that makes some of the same claims the Justice Department is now investigating.




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Higher education catches the virus; India and Australia's stymied relationship; The Pick - books, film and audio

Even as universities scramble to stay alive, there is no lifeline from the government. What's gone wrong?




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Higher education catches the virus

The higher education sector is a vital part of Australia's economic and intellectual life - why is Canberra intent on ignoring it?