14 septembre 2019

$1.7 Million Endowment to Fund Slavery Reparations

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Virginia Theological Seminary established a $1.7 million endowment with plans to use the proceeds to fund reparations for the institution's ties to slavery, Religion News Service reported. More...

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New U.K. Policy Expands Work Rights for Foreign Students

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. International students in the United Kingdom will be able to stay and work for two years after graduation under a new policy announced Tuesday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, The Telegraph reported. Currently international students are only able to stay in the U.K. for four months after they graduate. More...

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Rule Blocks Foreign Students From Standing in Student Elections

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Student council members at Monash University's Caulfield campus, in Australia, passed a rule last week that effectively bars international students from standing in student elections, The Age reported. The council passed a rule requiring candidates to be eligible to work at least 22 hours a week, which international students cannot do under the terms of their visas. More...

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OECD 'Education at a Glance' Report Published

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. OECD released the newest installment of its annual Education at a Glance report on Tuesday. Among the findings, 44 percent of 25- to 34-year-olds held a tertiary degree across the OECD member states in 2018, a nine percentage point increase from 2008, when just 35 percent did. More...

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Elections Canceled After Concerns About Foreign Student Ban

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Upcoming student union elections at Monash University's Caulfield campus, in Australia, were canceled following an uproar over a new rule that would have barred international students from standing for student office, The Age reported. More...

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Chinese Professor Charged in Alleged Technology Theft Scheme

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. A Chinese professor has been charged with fraud for allegedly taking technology from a California technology company to benefit the Chinese telecommunication company Huawei, Reuters reported. More...

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U.K. Universities Minister Steps Down

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Jo Johnson, the younger brother of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, resigned from his posts as science and universities minister and as a Tory member of Parliament on Thursday, Politico's European edition reported. His resignation came as a bill to block Britain from exiting the European Union without a deal is under consideration in Parliament. More...

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'The Dangers of Fluent Lectures'

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. A study says smooth-talking professors can lull students into thinking they've learned more than they actually have -- potentially at the expense of active learning. More...

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Killing the Conference Interview

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. American Historical Association ends annual meeting interviews and American Economic Association ends single hotel room interviews. More...

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Speaking Out Against Student Evals

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Sociologists and more than a dozen other professional groups take a stand against using student evaluations of teaching as a primary measure of teaching effectiveness. More...

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