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10 juin 2019

China Issues Warning to U.S.-Bound Students

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. China's Ministry of Education warns students of the risk of visa problems if they come to the U.S. More...

10 juin 2019

House Passes American Dream and Promise Act

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 237 to 187 to pass the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, which provides a pathway to citizenship for certain undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers who were brought to the U.S. as children, as well as to individuals who currently hold temporary protected status or who are subject to deferred enforced departure due to dangerous conditions in their home countries. More...

10 juin 2019

Cuba Travel Restrictions Won't Affect Study Abroad

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is ending authorization for Americans to travel to Cuba for group “people-to-people” educational travel, such as for educational tours run by travel companies. More...

10 juin 2019

Credit Where Credit Is Due

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. At international education conference, speakers discuss strategies for evaluating prior education qualifications for refugees or other displaced people who have incomplete or unverifiable documentation. More...

10 juin 2019

Scientist Fired From Emory Disputes Charges

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. A neuroscientist fired by Emory University for allegedly failing to disclose funding and ties to Chinese institutions is disputing the charges, ScienceInsider reported. More...

10 juin 2019

A Donor's Demands, a Revoked Chair

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. A religion professor at the American University in Cairo says the university had no right to revoke his chair title after he resisted a donor's demands that he teach Islam in a preferential manner. More...

10 juin 2019

Professors Found to Have Undisclosed Chinese Ties

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Emory University found that two professors working on National Institutes of Health-funded projects had “failed to fully disclose foreign sources of research funding and the extent of their work for research institutions and universities in China,” The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported. Emory said that the two professors are no longer employed by the university. More...

10 juin 2019

Fees for International Students to Increase

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. The mandatory government fee that prospective international students must pay before obtaining a U.S. visa will increase from $200 to $350 on June 24, according to a final rule published today in the Federal Register. The fee for academic exchange visitors will increase from $180 to $220. More...

10 juin 2019

X-ing Out Xinjiang

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. A China studies scholar says a journal editor censored him by striking out a section of a book review critical of the Chinese government's policies in Xinjiang. More...

10 juin 2019

Favoring Mount Ida, Judge Says Colleges Owe Students Little

HomeBy Doug Lederman. A federal judge late last week threw out a lawsuit in which a group of former students alleged that the recently shuttered Mount Ida College and its former officials had breached their contracts with and fiduciary duty to the students by failing to disclose information about its troubled financial situation. More...

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