By Brian Stevenson. Brazil understands that investing in international study is a path to global competitiveness. More...
28 juin 2015
28 juin 2015
Some universities look to adopt indigenous course requirements
By Jennifer Halsall. U of Winnipeg and Lakehead University plan to implement new requirement for all undergrads starting next year. More...
28 juin 2015
Obama 'scraps' college rating plan
By Ellie Bothwell. US administration instead pledges to provide more data to students, researchers and institutions. More...
28 juin 2015
Fifth of students at private college fail to show at classes
By John Morgan. An investigation into a for-profit college by the UK’s quality watchdog has found that a fifth of students in a sample failed to show up to any classes at all, despite receiving public funding. More...
27 juin 2015
Canada: internal reviews uncover delays in visa processing
By Beckie Smith. Canada’s visa woes continue as multiple internal government reviews have revealed delays and errors in visa processing, seeing processing times increase by a third for study permits and double for permanent residence permits. More....27 juin 2015
Latin America: ELT supply marred by low teaching quality, access
By Sara Custer. The demand for ELT across Latin America is ripe as governments view the language as a tool to access the global economy, employers prioritise it among skills and societies begin to see it leads to cultural openness. More...
27 juin 2015
US Abandons College Rating Plan
The United States federal government has abandoned its plan to introduce a comprehensive national rating for colleges and universities. Instead, it will create a website where those interested can access data to create their own rankings and make their own comparisons. More...
24 juin 2015
Venezuelan students abroad suffer in currency rule trap
By Mary Beth Marklein. An abrupt change last autumn in Venezuela’s currency control policy has left potentially thousands of Venezuelan tertiary students worldwide without funds they had earmarked for education abroad, putting them at risk of dropping out and of violating immigration laws. Read more...
16 juin 2015
Community college boosts BYOD security
In an effort to improve its BYOD security, North Hennepin Community College is using Good Technology’s Good Enterprise Suite for its BYOD solution, enabling secure access to work emails, student assignments, strategic plans, and more. More...
14 juin 2015
After Wisconsin
By John Warner. In previous thoughts about what’s going on in Wisconsin, there were some implicit arguments that I thought were apparent that – judging from some comments and communications – aren’t. Read more...
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