President Barack Obama marked the 15th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks by honouring American “resilience”. This resilience is also shown in the attractiveness of the United States higher education institutions among international students, write Rahul Choudaha and Di Hu for Forbes. Read more...

State universities are set to retrench staff and cut salaries of their workers as part of rationalisation measures to improve the financial position of the institutions and help reduce the country’s wage bill gobbling 97% of the revenue, reports the Sunday News. Read more...

International preparatory schools from abroad are booming in China thanks to growing demand from parents who are seeking different pathways for their children to attend college overseas, and who can increasingly afford more options, writes Nomaan Merchant for Associated Press. Read more...

The Netherlands’ university association has defended the growth of English-language courses at Dutch institutions, arguing that it will “enhance the quality of education”, boost the country’s “innovative strength and competitiveness” and attract international students, writes Ellie Bothwell for Times Higher Education. Read more...

Tsinghua University welcomed its first cohort of high-flying students under the prestigious Schwarzman scholarship recently amid a fanfare of praise from world leaders, writes Sarah Karacs for the South China Morning Post. Read more...

To give a major push for the creation of high quality infrastructure in premier educational institutions, the union cabinet last week approved the establishment of the Higher Education Financing Agency, reports IANS. Read more...

First-year university students are leaving their original chosen courses at a higher rate than ever as new data shows about one in five commencing bachelor students left their original course in 2014, and about 15% dropped out completely, writes Liz Burke for News.com.au. Read more...

Germany will need €3.5 billion (US$3.9 billion) in funds in order to provide appropriate education to refugees, according to a recent report released by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research, writes Ann-Kathrin Pohlers for The PIE News. Read more...

The embattled country’s research enterprise is at risk following a failed coup, designed to overthrow a regime that shows continued hostility towards science. For years we have studied how scientists around the world view the social context of science, and Turkish scientists have long been worried about their academic freedom and autonomy, write Elaine Howard Ecklund, David R Johnson and Kirstin RW Matthews for The Scientist. Read more...

By Sharon Dell. Are entrepreneurs born or made? That debate still rages, but for Central University of Technology Vice-chancellor Professor Thandwa Mthembu the answer is clear: Entrepreneurs can indeed be made and it’s time to invest more seriously in that process. Read more...