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30 mai 2017

Surge in foreign students ‘is not just politics’

Enrolment of international students in Canadian universities will be sharply higher this autumn, universities say, and the incoming freshmen include large numbers of high school students from the United States. More...

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30 mai 2017

75% of universities in danger of closing – Expert

An education expert has warned that three quarters of Thai universities are at risk of closing over the next decade due to low enrolment and increased competition from foreign rivals, writes Dumrongkiat Mala for Bangkok Post. More...

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30 mai 2017

University preparatory programmes may no longer be free

For the first time, students in Australia may have to pay up to AU$3,271 (US$2,430) for ‘enabling’ courses, designed to prepare students for university study. The change was announced as part of the government’s recent higher education reform package, write Anna Bennett, Andrew Harvey and Seamus Fagan for The Conversation. More...

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30 mai 2017

California state to limit foreign university students

California state universities, one of the largest higher education networks in the United States, will limit the number of undergraduates they accept from outside the state, including foreign students, beginning later this year, writes Bruce Alpert for Voice of America. More...

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30 mai 2017

Debate over tuition fees heats up, boils over

The debate over tuition fees heated up, and briefly boiled over, following a recent seminar organised in Helsinki by the Finnish Economic Association, reports the Helsinki Times. More...

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30 mai 2017

Staff body threatens to close universities

An umbrella body of university staff associations has warned that they may call for a strike in universities across the country unless teachers are granted representation on key decision-making forums at the International Islamic University, Islamabad, reports The Express Tribune. More...

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30 mai 2017

US rejects talks with Hungary over higher education law

According to the US State Department, the United States has no intention of negotiating with Hungary about its new higher education law, which could force a top university founded by US financier George Soros out of the country, reports Reuters. More...

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30 mai 2017

University going all out to attract foreign students

Delhi University has announced that it will be conducting a special drive to enrol more foreign students, especially from African countries, apart from extending the deadline for online registration for foreign nationals, and setting up an email and helpline for their queries, reports The Hindu. More...

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30 mai 2017

University chief quits ahead of arrest order

The head of Puerto Rico's largest public university announced on 23 May that she had resigned just hours before she faced arrest for failing to reopen an institution that has been shut down by a student strike for nearly two months, writes Danica Coto for Associated Press. More...

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30 mai 2017

Trump budget would slash student aid and research

The Trump administration released a 2018 budget proposal last week that delivered on expectations for drastic cuts to student aid programmes and university-based research while substantially reshaping federal student loan programmes, writes Andrew Kreighbaum for Inside Higher Ed. More...

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