By Karl McDonald. Higher education is about to be overhauled by the Conservative Government, and some students aren’t pleased.
The bill, which is the baby of Universities minister Jo Johnson, will allow fees to increase in line with inflation, that’s just a part of what opponents object to. Institutions will have to sign up to a system to test their teaching quality in order to get the extra money, and new “challengers” will be allowed into the sector much more quickly. More...
By Natalie Marsh. In light of the UK voting to leave the EU in June, 43% of prospective international students in a recent survey said the referendum result has affected their decision to study in the UK. More...
By Matt Reed. Sometimes, she said, she has been encouraged to tell a horror story or indicate that the university will close if it doesn’t receive enough state funding, but few leaders are eager to talk down their own institutions.
The paragraph above, from a Chronicle story about public higher ed in Illinois, is specifically about a dilemma faced by Elaine Maimon, the President of Governors State University. But it could be applied to administrators in most of public higher education around the country. More...
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