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28 juillet 2013

Visa delays hurt Canada's international students

Foreign service worker strike felt by McGill University. McGill University says visa delays could set back the education of some international students by a year.
“That’s a real possibility that there will be students missing in the ranks,” said McGill University’s Dean of Students, André Costopoulos. The strike by Canadian foreign service workers is causing a significant backlog in visa applications, which could have serious consequences for Canada’s international students. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

University's Namesake Gets a Google Shout-Out

Not many universities see their names in Google's bright lights. But on Thursday, the search giant celebrated (through its most visible icon, the daily-changing Doodle on its home page) Rosalind Franklin, after whom suburban Chicago's Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science is named. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

'Forbes' Boots 4 Colleges From Its Rankings

Forbes, which this week unveiled its latest college rankings, banished four institutions for two years. The four that will not be eligible for the next two years are Claremont McKenna and Iona Colleges, and Bucknell and Emory Universities -- all of which have admitted to reporting false data in past year to various entities. "As a penalty for their dishonesty – and an acknowledgment of the growing scope of the problem – we are removing the four institutions from our list of the country’s best schools for two years," said an article in the magazine. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

In U.S., Most Reject Considering Race in College Admissions

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By Jeffrey M. Jones. Sixty-seven percent say decisions should be based solely on merit. Two-thirds of Americans believe college applicants should be admitted solely based on merit, even if that results in few minorities being admitted, while 28% believe an applicant's racial and ethnic background should be taken into account to promote diversity on college campuses. Three-quarters of whites and 59% of Hispanics believe applicants should be judged only on merit, while blacks are divided in their views. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

'Shake Up' for Higher Ed

By Scott Jaschik. President Obama vowed Wednesday that he would soon unveil a plan to promote significant reform in higher education -- with an emphasis on controlling what colleges charge students and families.
"[I]n the coming months, I will lay out an aggressive strategy to shake up the system, tackle rising costs, and improve value for middle-class students and their families. It is critical that we make sure that college is affordable for every single American who’s willing to work for it," said Obama, in a speech at Knox College. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

Pro-English or Anti-Immigrant?

By Scott Jaschik. A student's lawsuit against Pima Community College started going viral last week on conservative blogs and websites, featuring headlines like "War on English Language" and "Student Booted from U.S. College for Favoring English!" The college has denied the charges -- and some observers see the suit as an attack in the education of Latino students, a key constituency for Pima, which is located in Arizona. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

Embargoes for Dissertations?

By Scott Jaschik. The American Historical Association has released a policy calling on history departments and university libraries to allow students to place embargoes on the online versions of Ph.D. dissertations in the field for up to six years. The association says that such a policy is needed to enable new Ph.D.s to successfully publish books based on their dissertations. But some historians are upset about the proposal, which they say isn't needed and runs counter to the scholarly mission of sharing research findings. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

Differential Tuition Impact

By Scott Jaschik. When public universities impose higher tuition rates on some academic programs, students are discouraged to enroll in some fields, according to a new study. Engineering enrollments declined by 1.1 percentage points (on a base of 14.7 percent) three years after the imposition of higher tuition for the field, found the study, which examined public research universities with differential tuition. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

Different Kind of Ranking?

By Elizabeth Redden. The common criticisms of global university rankings are well-known. In emphasizing publications and citations, they are relevant for only the most elite research universities – the “top 200” or 500 worldwide. They fail to adequately evaluate or account for the diverse activities of any single institution, not least teaching. Technology transfer is likewise under-weighted – if it is considered at all -- even as two of the three major global rankings rely heavily on subjective reputational data and the third bases 30 percent of its ranking on the numbers of alumni and faculty with Nobel Prizes or Fields Medals. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

Free Courses for a Big Problem

By Paul Fain. Free online courses have run into a backlash of late. But a handful of community colleges may have found a way to dial up open-source content to help tackle one of higher education’s thorniest problems: remedial education. The two-year colleges aren’t offering massive open online courses as substitutes for their offerings, however, or for the instructors who teach them. Read more...

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