By Elizabeth Redden. Texas Governor Greg Abbott Sunday night signed into law legislation that prohibits local and campus police departments from limiting their officers’ cooperation with federal immigration enforcement authorities. More...
22 mai 2017
Texas Law Bans Sanctuary Cities -- and Campuses
American Working at Pyongyang University Detained
By Elizabeth Redden. North Korea has detained a second American citizen who worked at a university in Pyongyang, The Washington Post reported. More...
Asian Universities Alliance Formed
By Elizabeth Redden. Fifteen universities from across Asia have formed a consortium called the Asian Universities Alliance. More...
Studying the Borderlands
By Elizabeth Redden. First-year Grinnell students travel to Germany, Greece, Mexico, Spain and the U.S. Southwest for comparative class on migration, borders and refugees. More...
French Scientists Pleased by Election Results
By Elizabeth Redden. While Macron has pledged to make cuts to public spending, Nature reports that he has said he will “ring-fence the budgets for research and higher education, areas that he wants to make the central plank of a program to boost innovation and cut unemployment. More...
Two Study Abroad Students Killed in Copenhagen
By Elizabeth Redden. Two American college students participating in a study abroad program were killed in a boating accident in Copenhagen’s harbor on Saturday, The Los Angeles Times and Massachusetts Live reported. More...
The Next Frontier
By Elizabeth Redden. Amid pressures to increase revenues and international enrollments, some universities move to establish high schools for international students on their campuses. Read more...
A Gun, a Threat and a Dismissal
By Colleen Flaherty. At Spalding U, a white faculty member complained that nonwhite colleagues were left out of warnings that they could have been in danger. AAUP objects to the university's response: firing the professor who complained. More...
