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21 avril 2018

4 Killed in Turkish University Shooting

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Four people were killed in a shooting at Turkey’s Osmangazi University Thursday, the Associated Press reported. The university’s president, Hasan Gonen, said the gunman killed a deputy dean, a secretary and two teaching faculty members in the education school. More...

21 avril 2018

An Ivy Degree, With an Irish Twist

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Columbia and Trinity College start dual B.A. program modeled on an existing Columbia collaboration with France's Sciences Po. More...

21 avril 2018

U.S. Seeks Social Media Information From Visa Applicants

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. The State Department is proposing to ask additional questions of visa applicants regarding their social media usage. The department is seeking public comment on proposals to ask applicants for both immigrant and nonimmigrant visas to list all social media user names used over the past five years. More...

21 avril 2018

Poaching Talent From U.S.

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Canada announces 24 scholars recruited to its universities from all over the world -- with more than half coming from the U.S. More...

21 avril 2018

Men With Bats, Sticks Break Up French Student Protest

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. A group of masked men armed with bats and sticks broke up a student protest of French president Emmanuel Macron’s proposed reforms to university entrance procedures on Monday, The Guardian reported. About 50 students were reportedly participating in a sit-in at a lecture hall at Montpellier University when the demonstration was violently disrupted. More...

21 avril 2018

The Pros and Cons of Purdue’s 7-Year Freeze

HomeBy Greg Toppo. Holding tuition flat since 2012-13 has raised the land-grant university’s profile and helped it grow, but it is fueling competition for resources by academic departments -- and Purdue is still working to enroll more students from Indiana. More...

21 avril 2018

For Students in Debt, Bitcoin on Their Minds

HomeBy Greg Toppo. Survey findings suggest one in five college students pours extra financial aid dollars into trendy yet risky investments in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. More...

21 avril 2018

HBCUs Doing Something Right for KIPP Alumni

HomeBy Greg Toppo. New findings show Knowledge Is Power Program alumni who attend historically black colleges are more likely to report a “sense of belonging” and good mental health than those who attend other colleges. More...

21 avril 2018

When Grants Turn to Loans

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. More than 6 in 10 recipients of the TEACH Grant, created to attract instructors for high-need subjects in low-income schools, have seen those grants convert to loans after they fail to meet eligibility standards, Department of Education report finds. More...

21 avril 2018

Another Higher Ed Bill Stalled in Congress

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. With renewal of the Higher Education Act turning into partisan grudge match, a popular career-training bill could be a straightforward accomplishment for Congress. But key lawmakers remain far apart. More...

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