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What a Second Trump Presidency Could Mean for US Higher Education with Brendan Cantwell

Hi everyone. I’m Alex Usher, and this is the World of Higher Education Podcast. This fall, much of the world’s attention is focused on the United States, where Vice President Kamala Harris is squaring off with former President Donald Trump in the presidential election on November 5th. Education was one piece of the government apparatus where Trump 1. 0 was not actually all that radical. Yes, he appointed Betsy DeVos, a passionate advocate for private education and voucher schemes, to

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September 19, 2024 1 Comment

OECD Education at a Glance, 2024

Last Tuesday, the OECD published Education at a Glance, 2024. As usual, there is a whack of interesting comparative data in there—more than usual, actually, as I will show you in a second (and Canadian data is for the most part not missing, which is pretty great). However, I do want to say that the data on Canadian tertiary education finance shows a puzzling and steep decline which I can’t replicate using any data issued in Canada. For the moment,

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September 16, 2024 1 Comment

Rhetoric and Realities: The Evolution of UK Higher Education with Nick Hillman

Hi everyone. I’m Alex Usher and this is The World of Higher Education Podcast. Higher education in the United Kingdom — and more specifically England — is in notably perilous financial shape. A quick glance at the London papers suggests that one or more institutions may be on the verge of a financial collapse. The culprits? A funding regime that has allowed funding to erode with inflation every year since 2012, and a mostly Brexit-related collapse in international student numbers. Sort

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September 12, 2024 No Comments

HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (September 6, 2024)

Spotlight Good afternoon all,  Sandrine Desforges here. I am a Research Associate at HESA and have been leading the work on our AI Observatory since its inception. I’ve had the pleasure of popping into your inbox every Friday or so during the past academic year to share ‘AI in Higher Ed’-related news, as well as hosting our monthly AI Roundtables (if you’re new here, you can catch all the recordings online). After a productive summer break (we have some exciting

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September 6, 2024 No Comments

Higher Education in a Polarized World with Simon Marginson

Welcome back to our third season of this podcast on global higher education affairs.  If like many of our fans you consume this podcast as text, you probably won’t notice much change.  But if you’re actually watching me right now, you’ll know that we have made the jump from audio to video.  It’s an absolutely naked attempt to tap into youtube and its larger audiences.  We hope you like the format change.  At the start of a new season it’s always a

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September 5, 2024 No Comments

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