By Elizabeth Redden. The University of Dayton is ending academic programs at its China Institute after investing more than $14 million in the endeavor over six years, the Dayton Daily News reported. The university is “exploring a range of options” for the 68,000-square-foot facility located in the Suzhou Industrial Park. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. The Trump administration is considering new measures to vet Chinese prospective students due to continuing concerns over espionage, Reuters reported. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. Pitzer professors seek to suspend the college's program at University of Haifa as study abroad becomes target for supporters of Israel boycott. More...
By Ellie Bothwell for Times Higher Education. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has paid $424,000 to insure itself against a significant drop in tuition revenue from Chinese students. More...
“Not Interested in Being #1:” Shanghai May Ditch PISA
Yong Zhao, June 2, 2014
This is interesting, especially in the light of other reports (rumours?) that China as a whole (instead of selected districts) will participate in future PISA tests. According to this item, Shanghai is reconsidering its participation. More...
C'est à l'occasion de l'ouverture des Rencontres Universitaires de la Francophonie, que le Premier Ministre Edouard Phlippe a choisi d'annoncer le lancement de la stratégie nationale d'attractivité des étudiants internationaux. Plus...
Le ministre français chargé des affaires étrangères vient de présenter, avec le Premier ministre ivoirien, un projet de hub franco-ivoirien pour l’éducation. Ce hub a pour but d’améliorer l’offre de formation ivoirienne en mettant l’expertise française au service des établissements d’enseignement supérieur locaux. Plus...
Organisé dans le cadre de la saison croisée le salon Choose France était la première manifestation d’envergure destinée à valoriser la France dans son ensemble auprès des étudiants israéliens. Elle a été organisée conjointement par Campus France et l’Institut Français d’Israël. Plus...
The biannual resolution entitled “Literacy for life: sharping future agenda” was adopted at the 44th plenary meeting of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the General Assembly’s 73rd Session on 6 November 2018. The resolution also followed a consultation on literacy and eduction for democracy in October 2018. Traditionally introduced by Mongolia, this resolution was co-sponsored by a significant number of 102 Member States. More...
More than 1,400 researchers have signed an online letter backing the principles of Plan S, the bold open-access initiative led by research agencies in Europe who say that, by 2020, papers resulting from their funding should be immediately free to read on publication, writes Richard Van Noorden for Nature. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
