Grade inflation at English universities has fallen for the first time in a decade, but half of the top degrees awarded to students last year cannot be explained by their prior attainment or choice of subject, according to the UK’s higher education regulator. In a report published on Thursday, the Office for Students (OfS) said…
Grade Inflation Falling but Half of Top Grades ‘Unexplained’: Universities Regulator
The Schools Dropping Legacy Admissions After SCOTUS Ruling
On Wednesday, Wesleyan University announced an end to preferential legacy admission, calling it “the easy part” in its pursuit of diversity. “In the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision regarding affirmative action, we believe it important to formally end admission preference for ‘legacy applicants,’” wrote Wesleyan President Michael Roth, while noting that, as a highly selective…
Sunak Announces Clamp Down on ‘Rip-Off’ University Degrees
The number of students that can be accepted onto “poor quality” university degrees will be capped, Rishi Sunak has announced. The move is intended to protect students and taxpayers against “rip-off degree courses” that have high drop-out rates, don’t lead to good jobs, and leave young people with poor pay and high debts, the government…
Supreme Court Issues Major Win for Common Sense
Affirmative action took a major blow Thursday. The Supreme Court ruled that universities can no longer give preferential treatment to black students over other races—or preferential treatment to any race, for that matter. It will bring back a degree of “colorblindness” where the color of a person’s skin can no longer be used as a…
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June 29, 2023
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Affirmative action took a major blow Thursday. The Supreme Court ruled that universities can no longer give preferential treatment to black students over other races—or preferential treatment to any race, for that matter. It will bring back a degree of “colorblindness” where the color of a person’s skin can no longer be used as a…
Universities Not Preparing Young People for the Workplace, Say Business Leaders
Most UK business leaders believe that universities do not prepare graduates for the workplace, according to a survey. Among the 600 UK business leaders interviewed for the survey conducted by tech start-up Multiverse, 70 percent do not believe the current higher education system delivers the skills needed for the workforce. UK universities are not offering…
Concerns as Scottish Universities ‘Adopting Extreme Anti-Racism’
Universities in Scotland may be “blindly adopting an extreme form of anti-racism,” a lecturer said, as it emerged an anti-racism programme universities signed up to includes material saying the defence of academic freedom is a sign of so-called white indifference. Stuart Waiton, senior lecturer at Abertay University, who recently founded The Scottish Union for Education, said…
Concerns as Scottish Universities ‘Adopting an Extreme Form of Anti-Racism’
Universities in Scotland may be “blindly adopting an extreme form of anti-racism,” a lecturer said, as it emerged an anti-racism programme universities signed up to includes material saying the defence of academic freedom is a sign of so-called white indifference. Stuart Waiton, senior lecturer at Abertay University, who recently founded The Scottish Union for Education, said…
Second State Bans Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion From College Campuses
Texas will become the second state in the nation behind Florida to dismantle political ideologies housed in so-called Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices at universities. The passing of Texas Senate Bill 17—which prohibits public universities and colleges from having DEI offices—happened on May 27 after a conference committee of lawmakers in the Texas Legislature reconciled…
England’s Universities Warned Over Financial Reliance on Chinese Students and Confucius Institutes
Over-reliance on Chinese and other international students has put England’s universities at financial risk, a higher education regulator warned on Thursday. The Office for Students (OfS) said it has written to high-risk universities, asking them to lay out contingency plans to protect their financial sustainability. It comes as a China-focus think tank said it’s writing…
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