A report on higher education performance indicators highlights that further education colleges (FECs) continue to achieve higher proportions of entrants from backgrounds where people have traditionally not participated in higher education (known as low-participation neighbourhoods), when compared with higher education institutions (HEIs). More...
By . A new policy at the University of Manitoba is being called one of the country’s most progressive. The new policy states that 45 per cent of applicants to the Bachelor of Education program can be admitted based on applicants identifying themselves as being a part of several “diversity” categories. This number is up from 10 per cent last year. More...
By Brajesh Kumar. Jodhpur scholar Poonam Sharma often craved to meet international experts in nanomaterial synthesis after studying their research papers.
So, when Prof Timothy Fisher from Purdue University in the US, whose work in the field is well known, arrived at her institute under the HRD ministry’s Global Initiative for Academic Network (GIAN) programme on a week-long lecture tour, the chemistry PhD student was ecstatic. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. When Francisco Ramos was an undergraduate student at University of Michigan—Ann Arbor, he knew he wanted to get a doctorate. Ramos, a Latino man, also knew that few people from his race achieved that level of academic success. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. James Wanda, a senior at Pennsylvania’s Lafayette College and one of two black computer science majors in his class, says at times he has felt pressure to succeed not just for himself, but for his entire race. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. As Black History month commences, the University of Connecticut has made a controversial move. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. As Chicago State University senior Charles Preston plans his future, he's contending with a unique variable most other college students will never face: the possibility that his school will close before he can finish his degree. More...
By . As presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to insist upon banning Muslims from entering the U.S. and espousing a need for a wall along the Mexican border, heating up anti-immigration and racist rhetoric, it’s essential we consider this: one in four students under the age of eight in the U.S. has an immigrant parent. More...By . Nationally, black and Hispanic students are underrepresented in gifted programs, which provide specialized instruction or other services to meet the needs of especially bright or talented students. More...
By Joshua Kim. Hypothesis 1: The higher ed technology profession is more politically / ideologically diverse than the higher ed workforce as a whole. /https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
