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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

August 2019: New reports, short articles and news items worth looking at

In no particular order:

Title: Report: Judging colleges by how much recent graduates earn is a misleading metric
Author: Jeffrey R. Young
Published: EdSurge, 19 August 2019
Link: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-08-19-report-judging-colleges-by-how-much-recent-graduates-earn-is-a-misleading-metric

Title: Government yet to refund £28m in student loan overpayments (UK)
Author: Mattha Busby
Published: The Guardian, UK, 20 August 2019
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/aug/20/goverment-yet-to-refund-28m-in-student-loan-overpayments

Title: HEPI Policy Note 15: Two sides of the same coin? Brexit and future student demand
Author: Nick Hillman
Published: HEPI (Higher Education Policy Institute, August 2019
Link: https://www.hepi.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Two-sides-of-the-same-coin-Brexit-and-future-student-demand.pdf

Title: The Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education (CYQAA) launches a call for international experts
Published: ENQA, 7 August 2019
Link: https://enqa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Call-for-Experts.pdf

Title: Remarks by the Minister of Basic Education at the Women's Day 2019 Celebrations, held at the Women's Living Heritage Monument, Tshwane, 12 August 2019 (South Africa)
Published: Department: Basic Education, Republic of South Africa, 12 August 2019
Link: https://www.education.gov.za/Newsroom/Speeches/tabid/950/ctl/Details/mid/8127/ItemID/7584/Default.aspx

Title: Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation, but it comes at a cost (USA)
Authors: Jill Barshay and Sasha Aslanian
Published: The Hechinger Report, 6 August 2019
Link: https://hechingerreport.org/predictive-analytics-boosting-college-graduation-rates-also-invade-privacy-and-reinforce-racial-inequities/