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Dr. Eileen Chia-Ching FungEileen Chia-Ching Fung has been named provost and vice president of academic affairs at the University of San Francisco. She served as interim provost and vice president of academic affairs. Fung holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from UCLA and a Ph.D. in medieval English literature from UC Santa Barbara. #EILEEN…
The UK’s deputy foreign secretary, Andrew Mitchell, announced a £45 million higher education program set to deliver a better future for young people, particularly women and girls, at the Education World Forum 2024. The new program, Strengthening Higher Education for Female Empowerment, will bring together businesses, universities and governments to form 12 partnerships across Sub…
Following meetings with sector leaders, Duolingo English Test has decided to offer a new “fast-track support package”, as uneasy students delay their applications amid Graduate Route uncertainty, The PIE News can reveal. Set to be released on May 23 – the same day as the net migration figures are due to be published by the…
Spring enrollment numbers are looking up across the postsecondary sector, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, which collects data from almost all U.S. institutions. Their new report, “Current Term Enrollment Estimates Spring 2024,” shows that undergraduate enrollment grew 2.5% since spring 2023, which means over 359,000 more students enrolled…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Undergraduate enrollment rose 2.5% year over year in spring 2024, the second semester in a row higher ed has seen such gains, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The…
Irish ELT outfit ATC Language and Travel has been partially sold to UK Language Courses in what has been described as a “strategic alliance”. Ed Greevy, long-time owner of the business, made the decision to sell his shares to the UK language school operator – prompting the search to find the “right business partner”. “I…
During his time at the Toyota Motor Company, Taiichi Ohno developed a tool for root cause analysis, the technique we know as the five whys. According to Ohno (1988), “By asking why five times and answering it each time, we can get to the real cause of the problem, which is often hidden behind more…
Like many of our colleagues, the emergence of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence sites initially created a mild panic. Out of the panic, an emerging field of practical, practitioner-based research has begun to emerge. The call for calm, patient reflection has been noted (Naidu 2023, para 10). Others argue that AI, in various forms,…
Within Hartford, Connecticut, lies a vast community made up of people from across the Asian continent. The Asian population in Hartford County alone totals more than 53,000, making it one of the counties in the state with the most Asian residents. This marks an increase of more than 15,000 Asian people in the county since…
Though the number of Hispanic and Black students enrolling in undergraduate programs has increased in recent years, completion rates continue to lag somewhat behind, according to a report released by the American Council on Education (ACE). Dr. Ted Mitchell“The Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education: 2024 Status Report” comprises updated data showing significant disparities in…