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Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Baldwin Wallace University unveiled a plan Tuesday to cut 10 academic programs and lay off 28 faculty and staff members to balance its budget and streamline operations. The private Ohio university also plans to consolidate…
Listen to the article 10 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. LOS ANGELES — Test-optional admissions policies are at an inflection point. More than 2,000 four-year colleges in the U.S. are not requiring SAT or ACT scores for fall 2025 admissions, according to FairTest, a nonprofit that advocates…
WES Staff Editor’s note: This article is the second in a series of three, part of a study exploring the structural factors driving outbound student mobility in Nigeria and Ghana, within the larger context of developments in sub-Saharan Africa. Read the first article in the series. Nigerian students are increasingly seeking educational opportunities abroad, with…
The education services giant has also decided to make SGN’s founder, Anna May, the executive head of Kaplan international grief programmes, it announced this afternoon (October 2). The move will allow Kaplan to improve the support it offers to higher education students experiencing grief – especially international students, “who may be grieving thousands of miles…
The NCAA has awarded Division I Accelerating Academic Success Program grants to 17 schools for the 2024-25 academic year. The grants total over $1.5 million and are used to boost student-athlete academic achievement. “This is always an exciting time of the year — to congratulate and highlight our Accelerating Academic Success Program recipients,” said Felicia…
Legal scholar Kimberlé W. Crenshaw was among those honored on Tuesday with the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. It is Harvard’s highest honor in the field of African and African American studies.Kimberlé W. Crenshaw The award is given to individuals who have made…
Gretchen Groggel Ralston has been appointed vice president and general counsel at Smith College in Massachusetts. Groggel Ralston previously served in a similar role at Simmons University, a women-focused university in Boston. Gretchen Groggel Ralston In her role as the college’s primary legal resource and a key member of the president’s team, Groggel Ralston will provide…
The underrepresentation of Black and Latinx physicians has profound implications for our communities and the medical profession itself, as it perpetuates health disparities and limits the perspectives that shape patient care. The journey from aspiration to achievement for many aspiring doctors is fraught with obstacles, leading to a punctured pipeline that often fails to nurture…
Reading Time: 2 minutes A year has passed since we last updated you on the various challenges and evolving norms higher ed faculty members were facing. Our 2024 “Faces of Faculty” report circles back on many of the same topics discussed last year, from shifts in student expectations to overall job satisfaction. This year,…
The incoming review was revealed in a statement announcing the reappointment of the UK’s international education champion, Sir Steve Smith. “More widely, with the change in government, officials will conduct a review of the international education strategy, which will ensure that it continues to be an effective tool in increasing the value of education exports,…