By Jake New. NCAA stance against discrimination draws praise and raises questions about how association picks its battles and why it doesn't similarly challenge its own members. Read more...
21 octobre 2016
Social Justice Warrior or Hypocrite?
White Nationalist on Campus
By Jake New. Posters promoting a white nationalist organization -- led by a California college student -- have appeared on campuses across the country. Some students are trying to shame him. Read more...
A Gold Medal for Teaching, or a Silver?
By Elizabeth Redden. English universities will be awarded gold, silver or bronze medals based on their performance in the new Teaching Excellence Framework, a government initiative to assess universities based on measures including student satisfaction, retention and graduate employment, Times Higher Education reported. Read more...
U.K. Proposes Tiered Visa Plan for Foreign Students
By Elizabeth Redden. The U.K. cabinet secretary in charge of immigration on Tuesday proposed a two-tiered system for international student visas, The Guardian reported. Amber Rudd raised the possibility of a visa system with differential rules depending on the quality of a student's university or program as part of a speech on reducing immigration levels. Read more...
Print This European Universities 'Feeling the Heat' on Funding
By Elizabeth Redden. The majority of university systems in Europe are under growing funding pressure, a new "Public Funding Observatory" report from the European University Association finds. Read more...
Constraints on Chinese Campuses
By Elizabeth Redden. U.S. Government Accountability Office examines American universities’ policies and practices on academic and other freedoms for their educational programs in China. Read more...
Two Plead Guilty in 'Pay-to-Stay' Sham College Case
By Elizabeth Redden. Two international-student recruiters pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to commit visa fraud in relation to their recruitment of foreign nationals to the University of Northern New Jersey, a sham “pay-to-stay” college created by the federal government as part of a sting operation. Read more...
Ghana Wants to Move Controversial Gandhi Statue
By Elizabeth Redden. The Ghanaian government wants to remove a statue of Mohandas Gandhi from the University of Ghana campus in response to a petition drive from professors characterizing the Indian independence leader as racist, the Associated Press reported. The petition quotes from writings of Gandhi’s in which he refers to black South Africans as savages. Read more...
Australian National U Will Cut Share of Students From China
By Elizabeth Redden. Australian National University is trying to reduce its proportion of Chinese international students as part of a “diversification strategy” launched in 2015, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. Read more...
Print This Non-British Experts Told They Can't Advise on Brexit
By Elizabeth Redden. The London School of Economics and Political Science said some of its professors have been told they can’t advise the Foreign Office on Britain's departure from the European Union because they are not British, the BBC reported. Read more...
