By Elizabeth Redden. Charles University, in Prague, fired several faculty members over secret Chinese government payments, the Financial Times reported. The faculty were fired for allegedly setting up a private company that was paid by the Chinese Embassy for conferences that were co-organized by a university center. More...
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Czech Faculty Fired for Chinese Embassy Payments
Supreme Court Takes Up DACA
By Elizabeth Redden. Court considers whether the Trump administration lawfully ended a program that provides deportation relief and work authorization to hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people, including many college students. More...
Deal Reached With Taliban to Free Professors
By Elizabeth Redden. The Afghan government and the Taliban have agreed on a prisoner exchange that would free two professors at the American University of Afghanistan who were kidnapped in 2016, The New York Times reported. Under the terms of the deal, the two AUAF professors, Kevin C. King, an American, and Timothy J. Weeks, an Australian, will be released in exchange for the release of three senior Taliban members. Afghan and Taliban officials said the transfer is imminent. More...
Police and Protesters Violently Clash on Hong Kong Campuses
By Elizabeth Redden. The Chinese University of Hong Kong announced it is cutting short the academic term after the university became the site of violent clashes between police and antigovernment protesters this week. More...
Number of Enrolled International Students Drops
By Elizabeth Redden. "Open Doors" survey finds declines in total numbers of enrolled international students in 2018-19 and continuing declines in new enrollments, though the latter declines are less sharp than in prior two years. More...
In China, Surge in Students Informing on Professors
By Elizabeth Redden. Student informers are monitoring professors at Chinese universities, looking for signs of disloyalty to President Xi Jinping or the Chinese Communist Party, The New York Times reported. The use of student informers has surged under Xi. Hundreds of universities now use them. More...
LSE Puts China Program Plans ‘On Hold’
By Elizabeth Redden. The London School of Economics is suspending plans for a proposed China program after opposition from academics, the Financial Times reported. More...
Convention mondiale sur la reconnaissance des qualifications relatives à l'enseignement supérieur
Lors de sa 40èmeconférence générale, L'UNESCO a adopté la « Convention mondiale sur la reconnaissance des qualifications relatives à l'enseignement supérieur » qui vise à faciliter la coopération internationale en matière d'enseignement supérieur et la mobilité des étudiants. Plus...Trustee Freedom
By Madeline St. Amour. A community college trustee in New Jersey outraged some students and professors by attending a straight pride parade. What should the expectations be for trustee activities and speech unrelated to the college. More...
Head Start for Campus Childcare
By Madeline St. Amour. Improving funding so that federal Head Start programs can partner with colleges could be the answer to the childcare needs of student parents, who numbered 3.8 million in the 2015-16 academic year, according to a study released Wednesday from the Institute for Women's Policy Research. More...
