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In the wake of soaring international student visa rejections, 11 Australian universities and up to 100 colleges have recently had their risk rating downgraded, prompting further questions about government immigration policies and the competitiveness of the Australian education sector on the global stage. The risk ratings system was conceived as part of the simplified student…
Imagine if you went into a shoe store and every pair of shoes were the same color, the same style, same price, and same brand. It would be uncomfortable to see everyone walking around wearing the same shoes. It would also be frustrating for the individuals wearing the shoes because not all shoes fit the…
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…
Dive Brief: Broward College is again searching for a new president after the public college’s previous leader, Gregory Haile, resigned suddenly last year amid pleas for him to stay. The Florida college is looking to place a candidate by July 1. In a pamphlet about the open position, Broward said it is searching for “a…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Louisiana lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow Gov. Jeff Landry to select the chair of the state’s five higher education boards, potentially giving the Republican leader more influence over the state’s public colleges. …
Leocadia I. ZakAgnes Scott College has been awarded $1 million in federal funds to train physician assistants and clinical mental health counselors in maternal and pediatric care. “We are immensely grateful to Senators [Jon] Ossoff and [Raphael] Warnock for their support of our work to educate healthcare professionals, especially those who can make a difference…
The Biden-Harris Administration has released initial details of a new set of plans to provide student debt relief to borrowers nationwide. The plans would include 4 million borrowers who have already been approved for debt cancellation by the Biden-Harris Administration over the past three years. James Kvaal“These historic steps reflect President Biden’s determination that we…
The move by NISAU, one of the most prominent Indian student representative organisations in the UK, comes as home secretary James Cleverly announced plans recently to review the Graduate Route in the coming months. The Migration Advisory Committee has been tasked with reporting back the findings of its review of the post-study work visa by…
Picture this: you are in a hospital setting and you witness another staff member ask a Black medical student if they need help cleaning up. The staff member assumes the medical student is the janitor. Unfortunately, experiences like these are all too common in healthcare today. Within professional environments, microaggressions persist as a pervasive and…
The profile of the average community college student is changing. While two-year institutions still have significant populations of adult students and people desirous of enhancing their career options, there is a growing number of first-time college students, age 18 to 22, that are seeking a traditional college experience. Joshua RedaThere are also students who don’t…