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22 juillet 2018

University Apologizes for Email Quoting Nazi General

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. The University of Exeter apologized after a career services employee included a quote from a German World War II general in what was meant to be a motivational email to students, the BBC reported. More...

22 juillet 2018

Commissions and Incentives

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Pathway providers are shaking up the international student recruitment landscape, and the incentives they offer recruiting agents are attracting scrutiny. More...

22 juillet 2018

Parting Ways

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Because many of the third-party pathway programs are young -- and because some are for quite long terms (e.g., 30 years in the case of the INTO partnerships) -- many have not come up for renewal yet. More...

22 juillet 2018

As Pathway Market Expands, Enrollment Outcomes Diverge

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. The number of universities contracting with corporate entities to recruit for and manage first-year programs for international students keeps growing. As competition increases, institutions report mixed results with the model. More...

22 juillet 2018

The Lay of the Land

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Third-party pathway programs have a wide range of academic and financial models. Here's an overview and some of the key corporate players. More...

22 juillet 2018

A Different Pathway Model

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Kings Education mostly recruits students to small private institutions with the expectation of transfer. At one Kings partner, those the company recruited made up almost 40 percent of all undergraduates last fall. More...

22 juillet 2018

Britain Makes It Easier for Chinese Students to Get Visas

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. At a time when the numbers of new international students coming to the U.S. has declined, the United Kingdom is making it easier for many international students to get visas to study there. More...

22 juillet 2018

A Win for LGBTQ Rights, or a Loss for Religious Freedom?

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Supreme Court of Canada says law society acted reasonably in denying approval to proposed Christian law school with a code of conduct prohibiting same-sex sexual activity. More...

22 juillet 2018

New Scrutiny of Donor Influence in Australian Higher Ed

HomeBy John Ross for Times Higher Education. Most university donors expect to have some influence on how their gift is spent -- but when does this cross the line into interference with academic autonomy? And are there some topics that are so controversial that they are in effect off-limits for philanthropic support. More...
22 juillet 2018

Online STEM Courses Need More Real-World Interactivity

Screenshot-2018-4-19 Techno-News BlogTechno-News Blog. What do students want in the learning activities for their online STEM courses? They’d prefer more real-life problems to solve and instructional resources such as simulations, case studies, videos and demonstrations. More...

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