{"id":4528,"date":"2022-12-05T20:38:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T20:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/?page_id=4528"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:59:13","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Minds Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hero hero--bubbles\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bubble-images-new-12022024-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bubble-images-new-12022024-1.png 720w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bubble-images-new-12022024-1-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n\t\t\t<h1>Opening Minds Blog<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Opening Minds blog is IIE\u2019s take on how higher education continues to change. 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