09 octobre 2017

'The Unbearable Emptiness of Tweeting'

HomeBy Holly Else for Times Higher Education. Study blasts Twitter discussions of academic journal articles -- and questions idea of metrics based on social media. More...

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Turkish Academics, Still Fearful in Exile

HomeBy David Matthews for Times Higher Education. In Germany, they fear online harassment and the watchful eyes of those who support the Turkish government. More...

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Call for Higher Educational Attainment in Britain

HomeBy John Morgan for Times Higher Education. Britain should set a target for 70 percent of young people to enter higher education, according to an influential higher education policy expert. More...

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Caribbean Universities in Crisis

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Senior university leaders in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and elsewhere in the Caribbean discuss the damage caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, which destroyed buildings and displaced students. More...

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Travel Ban 3.0

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Higher education groups on Monday began to grapple with what new restrictions on travel to the U.S. from eight countries imposed Sunday night by the Trump administration will mean for international student and scholar exchange. More...

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Threats to Universities Worldwide

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. The new edition of Scholars at Risk’s annual “Free to Think” report analyzes more than 250 reported attacks on higher education institutions, their students or their employees in 35 countries in the past year. More...

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Trump Issues New Travel Restrictions

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. The new restrictions limit travel for nationals of five of the six countries included in the expired ban -- Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen -- as well as three new ones: Chad, North Korea and Venezuela. Restrictions on Sudan have been limited. More...

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NYU Professor Says He Can't Teach at Abu Dhabi Campus

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. An associate professor of journalism at New York University said United Arab Emirate officials denied him the requisite security clearance he needed to teach at NYU's campus in Abu Dhabi this fall for reasons that he believes are related to his religion. More...

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Study Abroad in Cuba Continues, Despite Warning

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Several study abroad providers said they planned to continue their programming in Cuba after the U.S. Department of State issued a warning on Friday advising American citizens against travel to the country and ordered the departure of nonemergency diplomatic staff. More...

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Survey: Study Abroad as Tool to Land Jobs

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. More than half (53.3 percent) of alumni of study abroad programs say they believe their study abroad experience contributed to them receiving a job offer, according to a survey on the relationship between study abroad and career outcomes published today by the Institute of International Education. More...

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