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Dr. Tania D. MitchellTania D. Mitchell has been named the associate provost for community engagement at the University of Maryland. She serves as the Rodney Wallace Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning and chair of the department of organizational leadership, policy, and development at the University of Minnesota. Mitchell holds a bachelor’s degree…
Pencils down! Congratulations on completing yet another academic year. We hope your summer is filled with less grading, fewer emails and more time for yourself. If you’re looking for inspiration to dial up engagement and inclusivity next semester, look no further. We’ve put together our annual reading list that surfaces our top reads from higher…
The latest iteration of the ranking reveals the top universities for 55 subjects, with US institutions leading in 32 subjects, followed by the UK with 16 top rankings, an increase of one on last year’s findings. Harvard University is the top-performing institution globally, top in 19 disciplines, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology with 11, the University of Oxford with…
The Canadian university, which already has an exchange agreement with Istanbul Bilgi University in Turkey’s largest city, said the networking event would seek to build new ties. “Trent is enjoying Turkey and we have met some amazing counsellors and students,” Glennice Burns, AVP International and CareerSpace at Trent University, told The PIE. “We have visited some universities and…
“New Scots make an enormous contribution to Scotland’s society by helping grow our economy, address skills shortages and contribute to public services. They are also vital to meeting our population needs,” said Emma Roddick, Scotland’s migration, minister on the launch of the initiative. The service will provide information and offer individual appointments with trained advisors to…
The number of high school seniors who submitted a Free Application for Federal Student Aid through March 29, according to a new analysis from the National College Attainment Network. That’s down 27.1% from the same point last year, raising concerns about enrollment losses this fall. #week #numbers #Education #Department #voices #concern #OPMs
A ‘free mover’ refers to a student who chooses to study abroad outside of an official university partnership or bilateral exchange program such as Erasmus, Fulbright or Nordplus, which can be highly competitive and inaccessible due to high costs, said providers. “We wanted to make ‘free mover’ mobility – which used to be the…
On April 4, the general salary threshold for the Skilled Worker Visa rose to £38,700, while on April 11, the family visa sponsorship threshold will rise to at least £29,000 a year – the first of three hikes in the figure planned for the next year, announced by home secretary James Cleverly in December 2023….
Undergraduate credentials awarded in the 2022–23 academic year fell by 2.8%, continuing its downward trend for the second year in a row. More students earned certificates than any year in the past decade, while associate degrees awarded fell to its lowest point in a decade and bachelor’s degrees awarded fell to its lowest since 2015–16…
In my (re)reading of Parker Palmer’s The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life (1997) and its iterations, it becomes more obvious to me that Parker is a paradox savant. “What makes a Rosa Parks?…What makes a Nelson Mandela? What makes these people is their capacity to take the inner life…