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Higher education’s postcode lottery: How geography and disadvantage shape university access in England
by Frances Sit and Graeme Atherton Across the world, access to higher education is often shaped as much by geography […]
March 3, 2026
3 Questions for Katie Shaver, Managing Director at EAB
I’ve been collaborating with Katie Shaver, managing director at EAB, on researching potential online programs at my institution. Her advice, […]
March 3, 2026
Effective Responses to Feedback About Culturally Irrelevant Out-of-Class Activities
I am a longtime proponent of ensuring that all collegians have equitable opportunities to benefit from participation in campus clubs, […]
March 3, 2026
February Brought a Flurry of Program and Personnel Cuts
February brought a flurry of layoffs driven by cost-cutting efforts that were mostly tied to reducing budget shortfalls. In one […]
March 3, 2026
How Diversity Gained—and Lost—Its Place in Higher Ed
In his new book, The Diversity Principle: The Story of a Transformative Idea (Yale University Press), David Oppenheimer, a law […]
March 3, 2026
How Should Colleges Meet This Moment? (column)
There are few better places to get a bead on what college and university leaders are thinking and feeling than […]
March 3, 2026
Indiana Advances Bill That Threatens Low-Earning Programs
The bill would direct the Indiana Commission for Higher Education to review college programs that graduate low earners. Ward DeWitt/iStock/Getty […]
March 3, 2026
Welsh Week: research and development in Wales: some thoughts for the next government
This is the second blog in HEPI’s Welsh Week. It was kindly authored by Professor Paul Boyle, Vice-Chancellor of Swansea […]
March 3, 2026
TNE can be successful when it’s taken on as a strategic agenda, not a quick fix
The newly refreshed international education strategy makes much of the potential for expansion of transnational education (TNE). Minister for skills […]
March 3, 2026
What happens to student complaints intelligence inside the OfS?
The Office for Students (OfS) is a risk-based regulator – it gathers intelligence and targets regulatory attention where it’s most […]
March 3, 2026
Middle East U.S. Campuses Shutter; Students Unable to Return
Campuses in the United Arab Emirates and other countries have switched to online learning. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images The spiraling war […]
March 3, 2026
When to use models and patterns in course design
For university course designers, the distinction between Models and Patterns is essentially the difference between the alignment of the course […]
March 3, 2026
Number of the week: School closures in California
As school districts grapple with mounting budget shortfalls, some are considering school closures or consolidations to reduce costs. The proposals […]
March 2, 2026
ED Releases Recommendations to Reimagine IES
A special adviser’s report recommends how the Institute of Education Sciences should change. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The Education […]
March 2, 2026
NYU Launches Device-Free Spaces for Students
Kristie Patten was alarmed when Grant Callahan, a third-year student at New York University, told her he has “never been […]
March 2, 2026
Research Offices Ask for Extension on Admissions Survey
Eighty-seven percent of institutional research officials say they’d benefit from more time to compile the seven years of admissions data that […]
March 2, 2026
UNC Chancellor Scraps Secret Recording Policy
Faculty members applauded the decision. CRobertson/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus Two weeks after introducing a policy that allowed administrators to secretly […]
March 2, 2026
Are microschools a solution to falling public school enrollment? One district thinks so
GREENFIELD, Ind. — Seventh grader Taitym Lynch plans most of her school day herself, mapping out a schedule each morning […]
March 2, 2026
Welsh Week: a little less conversation please…
Croeso i wythnos Gymraeg blog HEPI. Ym mhob blog yr wythnos yma, byddwn yn ffocysu ar addysg uwch yng Nghymru, […]
March 2, 2026
TEACHER VOICE: We don’t have a math problem in Arkansas or in the United States. We have a culture problem
For 23 years, I’ve taught high school math. And for 23 years, I’ve been told by people that they either […]
March 2, 2026