By John Warner. I think students need to embrace failure as an ongoing part of learning, but that could be privilege talking. More...
27 janvier 2018
27 janvier 2018
A Different Look at That Gallup Survey on Student Preparation
By John Warner. It might not be as dire as the headlines suggest.
The Strada-Gallup 2017 College Student Survey declares that “college students do not feel prepared for the workforce.” More...
27 janvier 2018
Being Fooled by the Gorilla Channel
By John Warner. The importance of teaching web literacy. More...
27 janvier 2018
The Future of Education Will Never Arrive
By John Warner. Not the romance novel cover model Fabio, but Fabio the robot shop assistant who was fired from his job in a Scottish supermarket for being generally unhelpful and also creeping out the customers. More...
27 janvier 2018
International Student Numbers Decline
By Elizabeth Redden. The number of international students in the U.S. fell by 2.2 percent at the undergraduate level and 5.5 percent at the graduate level from fall 2016 to 2017, according to a new report from the National Science Foundation, “Science and Engineering Indicators,” released last week. More...
27 janvier 2018
German University to Paint Over 'Sexist' Poem
By Elizabeth Redden. A university in Berlin will paint over a poem that is inscribed on its facade after students complained it was sexist, The Local, an English-language news outlet in Germany, reported. More...
27 janvier 2018
Student Pleads Guilty in Standardized-Test Fraud Case
By Elizabeth Redden. A Chinese citizen accused of impersonating someone else to take the Graduate Record Exam has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to charges related to misusing a passport and visa fraud, Reuters reported. More...
27 janvier 2018
Report on Academic Freedom in Hong Kong
By Elizabeth Redden. Academic freedom in Hong Kong has faced growing threats since the 2014 pro-democracy “Occupy” protests, in which students and faculty played a central role, a new report argues. More...
27 janvier 2018
Supreme Court to Take Up Third Trump Travel Ban
By Elizabeth Redden. The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case challenging the Trump administration’s third and current version of the travel ban, which restricts entry to the United States for individuals from eight countries, six of which are majority Muslim. More...
27 janvier 2018
Toronto Lowers Tuition for International Ph.D. Students
By Elizabeth Redden. The University of Toronto announced that starting this fall it is reducing its tuition rate for most international Ph.D. students to the lower rate paid by domestic students. More...
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