Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. College diversity programs that pay for high-achieving high school seniors – who are usually low-income, first-generation or students of color – to visit campus, give teens who can't afford to travel out of state for a college tour the opportunity to try the college experience. More...
Lecturers in universities and colleges as well as teachers in public and private schools who are found guilty of abusing students risk having their degrees and diplomas cancelled by the government to curb rampant abuse, especially of female learners, reports Bulawayo24.com. More...Myanmar is launching a long-term plan to improve its education system after years of neglect under its former military leaders, writes Paul Vrieze for VOA News. More...Australia's government-mandated copyright collection agency has been diverting payments intended for journalists and authors to a AU$15 million (US$11 million) ‘future fund’ to fight changes to the law, writes Peter Martin for The Sydney Morning Herald. More...The higher education ministry is working on reviving a proposal to form the National Egyptian Council for Evaluation and Assessment which would manage students' university admissions, writes Al-Masry Al-Youm for Egypt Independent. More...The Palestinian education ministry recently announced the ratification of their first law on education to bring significant changes to the educational and academic process in the Palestinian territories, writes Ahmad Melhem for Al-Monitor. The European Union has begun taking legal action against Hungary over a law that would effectively shut down Central European University, founded by billionaire George Soros in 1991, writes Emily Tamkin for Foreign Policy. More...Canada's science minister says universities are not doing the heavy lifting to appoint more female research chairs, so she wants to force their hands, reports The Canadian Press. More...Increasing the number of foreign students in Iran is one of the priorities of the ministry of science, research and technology, which seeks to double foreign student numbers, reports the Financial Tribune. More...According to the Office of the Auditor General of Thailand, more than 20% of higher education courses run by Thai universities fail to meet required standards, writes Dumrongkiat Mala for the Bangkok Post. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
