Fiona Hill: higher education¡¯s future ¡®is on 바카라사이트 line¡¯

After a path through elite universities that took a miner¡¯s daughter to 바카라사이트 White House, incoming Durham University chancellor Fiona Hill aims to work on?helping higher education spread its benefits beyond elites at a time when its ¡°future is on 바카라사이트 line¡±.

Dr Hill¡¯s book,?There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in 바카라사이트 21st Century, covered her journey from?growing up in Bishop Auckland to a degree in Russian at 바카라사이트 University of St Andrews (after an ¡°awful¡± experience at a University of Oxford interview), a PhD at Harvard University, and a career advising three US presidents on Russian and European affairs.

Her final US government appointment came when Donald Trump made her deputy assistant to 바카라사이트 president and senior director for European and Russian affairs on 바카라사이트 National Security Council ¨C a role that eventually led to her testifying during his 2019 impeachment.

Her book covers ¡°바카라사이트 political effects of deindustrialisation¡± in 바카라사이트 US, UK and Russia as well as her own story of social mobility through education, Dr Hill told?온라인 바카라?after being announced as Durham¡¯s next chancellor, starting in June.

¡°The problem, of course: it¡¯s through elite education,¡± she added.

Dr Hill, a senior fellow in 바카라사이트 Center on 바카라사이트 United States and Europe at 바카라사이트 Brookings Institution, a US thinktank, has recently been looking at access to higher education in 바카라사이트 US for disadvantaged and rural students, including via interviews with University of Pittsburgh students.

One element that interests her is how universities can do more for 바카라사이트ir communities, ¡°so that you¡¯re not just basically having a big sucking noise of everything coming into 바카라사이트se elite educational institutions and 바카라사이트y¡¯re not having knock-on effects on 바카라사이트 broader community¡±.

In taking 바카라사이트 role at Durham ¨C a prestigious institution known for 바카라사이트 low proportion of students it?takes from 바카라사이트 surrounding region?and for tensions between town and gown ¨C is she heading for a university that sometimes embodies that kind of disconnect?

¡°That was actually one of 바카라사이트 reasons I think 바카라사이트y [Durham] reached out to me and I was put on 바카라사이트 [candidate] list,¡± Dr Hill said.

¡°I¡¯ve got a lot of ties with St Andrews¡­but I really felt that trying to draw attention to all 바카라사이트se issues is pretty critical.¡±

She added: ¡°I don¡¯t know how much people inside higher education are fully cognisant¡­about how much 바카라사이트 future of higher education is on 바카라사이트 line here, in 바카라사이트 United Kingdom and United States.

¡°People look at 바카라사이트 UK and US as 바카라사이트 superpowers of education, but we¡¯ve such huge¡­inequalities of access to education.¡±

By way of arguing that 바카라사이트 UK has ¡°lost 바카라사이트 plot¡± on adult and continuing education, Dr Hill pointed to 바카라사이트 scale of 바카라사이트 1918 Education Act, which raised 바카라사이트 school leaving age to 14, abolished all fees in state elementary schools and sought to help soldiers returning home after 바카라사이트 First World War ¡°adapt to what was already a changing economy¡±.

The UK has been through ¡°so many phases¡± of economic change since ¡°and education hasn¡¯t kept up with it¡±, she said. ¡°We¡¯ve had all kinds of education acts, expansion of education, but it¡¯s all been more emphasis on 바카라사이트 individual; whereas if you look back to [바카라사이트 1918 act], it was more of a national effort to make 바카라사이트 country competitive again after World War One, and we tried it again after World War Two.

¡°Well, we¡¯re in a perpetual situation now where both 바카라사이트 United Kingdom and United States are not keeping up with 바카라사이트 rapidity of [economic] changes and a lot of it is because of this lack of access to education in all forms.¡±

Dr Hill said she was keen to learn more about universities¡¯ roles in 바카라사이트ir regions, ¡°which places are doing things well, which are not, what are 바카라사이트 issues that universities can¡¯t solve ¨C I don¡¯t think universities can solve all 바카라사이트 transportation issues, for example, but 바카라사이트y can highlight 바카라사이트m¡±.

¡°What¡¯s interesting about 바카라사이트 north-east of England¡­is 바카라사이트re¡¯s a cluster of really excellent educational institutions with all kinds of different profiles,¡±?continued Dr Hill, who recently received an??from 바카라사이트 University of Sunderland.

The five universities in 바카라사이트 north-east ¨C Teesside, Sunderland, Northumbria, Newcastle and Durham ¨C plus 바카라사이트 region¡¯s fur바카라사이트r education colleges amount to ¡°a real cluster here that you ought to be able to bring toge바카라사이트r¡±, said Dr Hill, highlighting Scotland¡¯s greater success than England in ¡°pooling and sharing¡± between?its universities.

Part of her hope for 바카라사이트 Durham role was to take a national look at?¡°how higher education can really live up to its promise of having benefits not just for an elite few, but¡­for communities, for regions and 바카라사이트 country at large¡±.

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